Potency and Silence; Sterility and Noise

There is much fear and avoidance of silence in our very noisy culture.  Silence and solitude seem to threaten the souls of those who most urgently need them!  Yes, the soul needs the potency of silence and the embrace of solitude, as contradictory as that may sound.  In the openness of silence, in the receptivity of solitude, the soul can finally meet and embrace God the Lover of our souls.

Pope Benedict recently spoke of his closest "travel companions" on the spiritual journey of life – some ...