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Celebrate Fathers This Month
In his book, WHEN JESUS SLEEPS,
Archbishop Luis M. Martinez writes, "The very state in which Jesus is
found in the Most Holy Sacrament is a state of silence . . . He placed
Himself in that state so that He might have nothing else to do but
love . . . Let us not forget it: the summit of love is silence. . . .
Love that can still be expressed with words has not arrived at its
perfection . . . Let us understand the silence of the Eucharist and
put ourselves in unison with Jesus in that wondrous stillness."
Wow, what a quote! It reminds me of the words of Scripture that one
day every tongue will be silenced and there will be only love; being
in the presence of God and each other. I have also heard it said that
when you are really in love; you don't need words. For what is there
to say, when one knows that one is loved completely.
I think, too, of Jesus who spent the whole night in prayer with His
Father. Surely there was much silence at this time.
A few thoughts.
Peace, padre Dennis
