Your God is listening as His faithful friends adore; tread softly in His presence and gently close the door! A noise may change the current of another's train of thought and steal from God the glory deep thinking would have brought. At Holy Mass you're standing on Calvary's lonely hill; a God is dying for your sins. For His sweet sake, keep still.
----From Joseph Odiah, OCD.
Joe-Joe! That's a thoughtful article. Come to think of it, if we cannot stay recollected at Holy Mass, where else can we practice such deep silence? It is here that we equally draw strength to enhance our ability to practice silence--a contemplative attitude...
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