Silence: the voice of a sound soul
Friday, 10th week in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 19: 9a,11-16; Mt 5: 27-32
The Lord speaks not so much in a loud thunder or in a raging fire, but in the silent whisper in the depth of one's heart, where one knows for oneself whether he or she is right or wrong, virtuous or not, authentic or not! That is the moment of truth when one encounters the Lord in the sound of sheer silence. I can proclaim something and live something totally different, I might preach something and believe in something totally opposite, I might profess something but internally be absolutely without any conviction...my heart is my judge, my soul is my mirror, my Lord is the only one who scrutinises me in silence, in silence which is the voice of a sound soul!
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