Chapter 42: The great silence after Compline
Silence should be sought at all times by monks and nuns and this is especially important for them at night time. (From para. 1 of Ch. 42 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
Silence may allow me to experience either the presence of God or the absence of God. Either way, I proceed in faith, into the darkest time of my day.
When depressed, I’m living in the past. When anxious, I’m living in the future. When I’m at peace I’m living in the now. The silence, stillness and simplicity of meditation and the mantra enable me to comprehend the word serenity and to know peace. I come to learn how, in silence, to embrace the sacrament of the present moment, and the power of Being, in Love.
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