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Silence will heal the wounds inflicted by the endless words that swarm around us, exhaust us, tire us beyond all tiredness. We need silence in our noisy, work–filled life, as a child needs its mother’s milk. We need to be alone with God.
We need to have a desert, be it only a corner of some apartment, some house, where we can go and rest with God. We need to follow him to some hill, to some garden where he himself was also wont to pray when he was tired and weary and distressed.
We need silence in order to be able to listen to our brothers, to listen with the heart. We need silence to open our souls to our brothers, making an inn for the thousands who may be living in palatial homes but have no place to lay their burdens of loneliness.
We need that silence to be able to speak a few words charged with our love, charged with Christ.
~ A Meditation by Catherine de Hueck Doherty
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Silent God
This is my prayer —
That, though I may not see,
I be aware
Of the Silent God
Who stands by me.
That, though I may not feel,
I be aware
Of the Mighty Love
Which doggedly follows me.
That, though I may not respond,
I be aware
That God—my Silent, Mighty God,
Waits each day.
Quietly, hopefully, persistently,
Waits each day and through each night
For me,
For me—alone.
~ A poem by Edwina Gateley, ‘Psalms of a Laywoman’
My Carmel 
Such soothing words.
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Thank you so much for reading and commenting! 🙂
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Amen! What an on-time word and an answer to my prayer. Thank you for this…God bless you!!!
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Thank you Aqua! I’m so glad to hear that ❤ God's blessings always!
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Thank you so much for the reblog! Blessings! 🙂
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Silence is a great enabler. Thanks for the introspective pieace.
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Thank you for reading and your kind comments. Blessings! 🙂
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My pleasure, friend.
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Thank you so much for the reblog. Blessings! 🙂
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