Silence restores and recognizes the
missing contemplative dimension. Silence refreshes language and restores
precision. Without silence even sacred words can become noise, babble. Silence
in the Eucharist does not threaten emptiness or denote absence but exposes
presence and invites responsiveness. The places in the Eucharist where silences
are especially useful and enhancing have already been identified. Many
celebrants begin with a few moments of silence in the sacristy with the
acolytes before processing in. Whenever the celebrant calls the community to
pray, Let us pray demands a moment of
silence and reflexion. The penitential rite then invites people to reflect interiorly so that they can prepare our
soul and body –our whole being- to experience the Eucharist as a healing and
forgiving celebration. The readings especially call for silent pauses, before
the responsorial psalm or the gospel acclamation rush us on. The readings must
be proclaimed with preparation and devout attention and meditative silence that
enable the Word of God to touch people’s minds and hearts in order that the
words of the disciples will be ours: Mane
Nobiscum Domine, Stay with us, Lord.
A living silence will arouse or,
better perhaps, identify the deeper hunger that is at the heart of the Church
and our world. Learning to pray at the contemplative level will teach us to
live better in the spirit, because the way we pray is the way we live and the
way we pray is the way we celebrate the Holy Eucharist.
This hunger for contemplation,
then, is our greatest hope. It is vital to rediscover the value of silence»[1]
It is in silence where God speaks to us. Do not fear the silence! ■
Fr. Agustín, Pastor.
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