tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post6799060231786936534..comments2024-03-29T14:30:36.976+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: Words failing me Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-6682296610725062872015-09-29T07:18:09.098+01:002015-09-29T07:18:09.098+01:00Emilio! Hello - and thank you for your kind commen...Emilio! Hello - and thank you for your kind comment :0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-9357050078437723732015-09-10T09:56:04.659+01:002015-09-10T09:56:04.659+01:00:0)
xx:0) <br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-50176309613898332752015-09-10T09:00:16.758+01:002015-09-10T09:00:16.758+01:00I love this comment about St Joseph and how silenc...I love this comment about St Joseph and how silence fosters the living word xxSandra Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260644073051470011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-36257220282228743092015-09-09T22:03:53.760+01:002015-09-09T22:03:53.760+01:00This one?
"I, who live by words, am wordless...This one?<br /><br />"I, who live by words, am wordless when<br />I try my words in prayer. All language turns<br />To silence. Prayer will take my words and then<br />Reveal their emptiness. The stilled voice learns<br />To hold its peace, to listen with the heart<br />To silence that is joy, is adoration.<br />The self is shattered, all words torn apart<br />In this strange patterned time of contemplation<br />That, in time, breaks time, breaks words, breaks me,<br />And then, in silence, leaves me healed and mended.<br />I leave, returned to language, for I see<br />Through words, even when all words are ended."<br /><br />I did not know it - thank you for pointing me in her direction - isn't it beautiful?<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-34125817407026320862015-09-09T17:38:37.000+01:002015-09-09T17:38:37.000+01:00What a beautiful, rather peaceful, picture! A self...What a beautiful, rather peaceful, picture! A selfie of distinction!! *grins*<br /><br />Oh, I know what you mean. I love the written word and devour books - but with God I find the only way to be with Him is in silence. I sit and I wait.... If I use words, my mind wanders. Do you know Madeleine L'Engle's short poem bout prayer? If you don't, I'll send it ss I think it might speak to you.<br /><br />I love the quotation and have written in my quote book - of which I now have many.MaryRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-48911447144649751542015-09-09T16:48:15.342+01:002015-09-09T16:48:15.342+01:00Yes - as our twins used to say when they were litt...Yes - as our twins used to say when they were little, "So at me". I value words and they nourish me, but only given a context, a hinterland, of spacious and abundant silence. It reminds me of the relationship of Joseph, husband of Mary, passing through the whole Gospel story without uttering a single word; foster father of Jesus the incarnate Word. That's how it is in all of us: silence fosters the living word.<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-22447707192429267962015-09-09T16:30:55.200+01:002015-09-09T16:30:55.200+01:00I love words on so many levels, but they can easil...I love words on so many levels, but they can easily tire me as well, both hearing and saying them. It might me an Asperger thing, though I read Fr. Martin Laird said this kind of word tiredness is quite common among contemplatives. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04920343739293288911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-34042253622216385972015-09-09T15:01:09.839+01:002015-09-09T15:01:09.839+01:00Aaaahh! Is THAT how it's done? Next time …
xx...Aaaahh! Is THAT how it's done? Next time …<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-28410780833273294262015-09-09T12:18:11.781+01:002015-09-09T12:18:11.781+01:00You know it's not really a bathroom selfie unl...You know it's not really a bathroom selfie unless you are in your bra and knickers or your yoga pants?!!<br /><br />It's a lovely photo of you though :-DDeborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295624431714012643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-41215182703579884402015-09-09T10:30:14.584+01:002015-09-09T10:30:14.584+01:00:0)
xx:0)<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-15033419573010615732015-09-09T10:29:03.981+01:002015-09-09T10:29:03.981+01:00Beautiful words Pen and something to think quietly...Beautiful words Pen and something to think quietly about. I too find joy and peace in the beauty I see in God's creation. It's never showy but very pleasant to the eye, although on thinking again He can be pretty showy with some of the thunderstorms that roll in over the ocean here.<br />I think you look very serene in that pic.<br />Blessings Gail.gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474172270399240621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-85436154621987123662015-09-08T18:26:04.689+01:002015-09-08T18:26:04.689+01:00Community - yes, that's what it feels like to ...Community - yes, that's what it feels like to me, too.<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-73889007941295485872015-09-08T16:52:40.749+01:002015-09-08T16:52:40.749+01:00I am so thankful to have found this little blog co...I am so thankful to have found this little blog community...for I find more times than not... I'm in like minded company. XoAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091519619516224151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-30094737683141805382015-09-08T12:44:00.709+01:002015-09-08T12:44:00.709+01:00:0)
But then, when we sit with our close friends,...:0)<br /><br />But then, when we sit with our close friends, the silence is comfortable and we can simply break it as necessary things come to mind. xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-17126198067817405602015-09-08T12:33:07.033+01:002015-09-08T12:33:07.033+01:00Yes, I'm sure it IS (a halo).
Speaking of &quo...Yes, I'm sure it IS (a halo).<br />Speaking of "words failing me".....this describes my prayer life. I find myself woefully incapable of expressing myself in verbal prayers lately. I stumble. I grasp for "proper" words. I ramble and garble. I can't collect my thoughts or express them in an "organized" manner. It's very humbling.rebeccahttp://lifeandgodliness-rebecca.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-85108066082036213352015-09-08T06:51:16.514+01:002015-09-08T06:51:16.514+01:00I think it might. I was hoping so …
xxI think it might. I was hoping so …<br /><br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-12928978697530065052015-09-08T03:20:22.798+01:002015-09-08T03:20:22.798+01:00Hark! That may be a halo I see.Hark! That may be a halo I see.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com