Sept. 10, 2013 Tuesday: 23rd Week in Ordinary Time C
Lord, our God,
we are in the shadow of your wings.
Protect us and bear us up.
You will care for us
as if we were little children,
even to our old age.
When you are our strength,
we are strong;
but when we are our own strength,
we are weak.
Our good always lives in your presence,
and we suffer when we turn our faces
away from you.
We now return to you, O Lord
that we may never turn away again. Amen.
— St. Augustine of Hippo
We cannot find God in noise or agitation.... In silence He listens to us; in silence He speaks to our souls. In silence we are granted the privilege of listening to His voice: Silence of our eyes. Silence of our ears. Silence of our mouths. Silence of our minds. In the silence of the heart God will speak.
Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals. If we are careful of silence it will be easy to pray. There is so much talk, so much repetition, so much carrying on of tales in words and in writing. Our prayer life suffers so much because our hearts are not silent. I shall keep the silence of my heart with greater care, so that in the silence of my heart I hear His words of comfort and from the fullness of my heart I comfort Jesus in the distressing disguise of the poor.
Mother Teresa,
No Greater Love, p. 10
we are in the shadow of your wings.
Protect us and bear us up.
You will care for us
as if we were little children,
even to our old age.
When you are our strength,
we are strong;
but when we are our own strength,
we are weak.
Our good always lives in your presence,
and we suffer when we turn our faces
away from you.
We now return to you, O Lord
that we may never turn away again. Amen.
— St. Augustine of Hippo
We cannot find God in noise or agitation.... In silence He listens to us; in silence He speaks to our souls. In silence we are granted the privilege of listening to His voice: Silence of our eyes. Silence of our ears. Silence of our mouths. Silence of our minds. In the silence of the heart God will speak.
Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals. If we are careful of silence it will be easy to pray. There is so much talk, so much repetition, so much carrying on of tales in words and in writing. Our prayer life suffers so much because our hearts are not silent. I shall keep the silence of my heart with greater care, so that in the silence of my heart I hear His words of comfort and from the fullness of my heart I comfort Jesus in the distressing disguise of the poor.
Mother Teresa,
No Greater Love, p. 10
