What speaks in the depths of silence? What whispers through the void when words fail us? How do we hear God in the spaces between breaths, in moments when language crumbles under the weight of human ...
Renowned Scottish composer and conductor Sir James MacMillan stated that, in the modern world, “Silence is almost extinct.” Echoing Cardinal Robert Sarah’s warning that Western materialistic culture ...
When the Church approaches contemplative prayer, she is led to give multiple and different definitions in her attempt to explain what it is. The multiple definitions are needed since no one definition ...
Recently, I had the unique opportunity to experience a men’s silent retreat at the Carmelite Monastery in Alhambra, California. It was an irreplaceable spiritual exercise — a profound encounter with ...