Professed Carmelites observe a limited silence, normally from bedtime until waking, or from the end of night prayer until morning prayer. But for those of us who live in the world, we should observe that which prudence suggests in our circumstances . We must seek out pools of silence in the landscape of our day. The greatest reason why is that without silence, we cannot be recollected. And without recollection, we cannot achieve deep communion with God or approach contemplation. God dwells in silence. If we live in noise, we cannot hear Him.
God dwells in sacred silence.We must meet Him there. That is why it is important to have a quiet place to go and pray.
Another important reason why we should practice silence more often is because it is very easy for us to sin with our tongues. When we hear these passages read at Mass or read them for ourselves, we often gloss over them and ignore them. But we do so to our own injury.
Jesus tells us in Matthew 12:35-37 that on the day of judgment we will have to give an account for every idle word we ever spoke. He said that a good man brings forth good things from his stores, and an evil man brings forth evil things, and that we will be justified or condemned based not only on our deeds, but on what we have said.
St Paul in Colossians3:8-9 tells us that as followers of Christ we must set aside anger, malice,insults,foul language and lies. There are no exceptions.
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