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Ali
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| First Name: | Ali | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | JW, finally fully Catholic |
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 04:12 pm |
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I highlighted the parts that I really liked
Mary's and Joseph' Silence
Joseph shared Mary's silence, just as he shared her secret; he to whom the angel had told such great things, and who had seen the miracle of the virginal birth. Neither one of them spoke about what they saw every day in their home nor did they draw any benefit from such wonders. As humble as she was wise, Mary let herself be seen as an ordinary mother and her Son as the result of a normal marriage. The great things that God operates in His creatures naturally inspire silence, inner rapture, something divine that suppresses all expression. For what could one say, what could Mary say, which could match what she felt? Thus one keeps God's secret under a seal, excepting when He inspires one's speech and encourages one to talk. Human advantages have nothing to do with it, if they are unknown and unappreciated by this world. What God does has in itself an inestimable price that one desires to savor with Him alone.
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
Urban & Levesque Publishers, Vol. III
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Intercessor
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Posted: Mon Mar 10th, 2008 04:20 pm |
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Thanks, Ali.
In the Protestant world one of the things I craved was silence. Even during the Communion service many ministers felt compelled to fill every moment with talk, music, skits, video.
An hour or two of complete silence before the Blessed Sacrament (and without reading or sleeping) -- it doesn't get any better than that.
The most profound communication takes place in silence. Even between humans, only the eyes are needed at the highest levels of intimacy.Last edited on Mon Mar 10th, 2008 04:21 pm by Intercessor
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"The perfection of a soul may be measured by the degree to which it does the will of God, and finds its happiness in doing it.... O my God,...the only thing necessary is Your holy will," Divine Intimacy, pp. 15-16 Father Gabriel, O.C.D.
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