Silence is the home of the word

Silence is the home of the word. Silence gives strength and fruitfulness to the word. We can eve say that words are meant to disclose the mystery of the silence from which they come.

-Nouwen

So what are words? if Christ is the word then there is more to our words than letter and form. Christ being the word reveals out of the silence of God the power and fruit of his solitude. He speaks and brings forth life. He gives the needed nurturing, direction and love through this same silence.

If we are to imitate Christ or even allow him to speak through us, then there must be silence so we can hear and know they are his words. We too often jump and share opinion which comes from our doubt rather than being silent and speaking only what comes from our faith through Silence. As Merton shares:

Unless our words rise out of Silence, they are apt to be curtains that cover reality rather than windows which reveal it.

So in or rather out of our Silence the mystery is revealed, which is Christ in Us the hope of Glory!