Daily Primer — July 1, Gieranger — Norway
Each day you will be given:
A Florilegium entry
A Daily Prayer
and a Night Prayer.
A Florilegium entry
A Daily Prayer
and a Night Prayer.
Silence . . .
9. We receive Christ’s silence into our hearts when first we speak from our heart the word of faith. We work out our salvation in silence and in hope. Silence is the strength of our interior life. Silence enters into the very core of our moral being, so that if we have no silence we have no morality. Silence enters mysteriously into the composition of all the virtues, and silence preserves them from corruption. By the “silence” of virtue I mean the charity which must give each virtue a supernatural life and which is “silent” because it is rooted in God. Without this silence, our virtues are sound only, only an outward noise, a manifestation of nothing: the thing that virtues manifest is their own interior charity, which has a “silence” of its own. And in this silence hides a Person: Christ, Himself hidden, as He is spoken, in the silence of the Father.
10. If we fill our lives with silence, then we live in hope, and Christ lives in us and gives our virtues much substance. Then, when the time comes, we confess Him openly before men, and our confession has much meaning because it is rooted in deep silence. It awakens the silence of Christ in the hearts of those who hear us, so that they themselves fall silent and begin to wonder and to listen. For they have begun to discover their true selves.
9. We receive Christ’s silence into our hearts when first we speak from our heart the word of faith. We work out our salvation in silence and in hope. Silence is the strength of our interior life. Silence enters into the very core of our moral being, so that if we have no silence we have no morality. Silence enters mysteriously into the composition of all the virtues, and silence preserves them from corruption. By the “silence” of virtue I mean the charity which must give each virtue a supernatural life and which is “silent” because it is rooted in God. Without this silence, our virtues are sound only, only an outward noise, a manifestation of nothing: the thing that virtues manifest is their own interior charity, which has a “silence” of its own. And in this silence hides a Person: Christ, Himself hidden, as He is spoken, in the silence of the Father.
10. If we fill our lives with silence, then we live in hope, and Christ lives in us and gives our virtues much substance. Then, when the time comes, we confess Him openly before men, and our confession has much meaning because it is rooted in deep silence. It awakens the silence of Christ in the hearts of those who hear us, so that they themselves fall silent and begin to wonder and to listen. For they have begun to discover their true selves.
No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton. Silence - pp. 254-ff.
Florilegium is the Medieval Latin word for bouquet, or more literally flowers (flos, flor-) which are gathered (legere). The word florilegium was used to refer to a compilation of writings, often religious or philosophical. These florilegium are literary flowers—beautiful words/prayers/thoughts I have gathered. During my sabbatical they will give me something to ponder each day. — PHL.
Faithful God. You have shown your hesed to us in trillions of ways over thousands of years. You are steadfast and loyal. Help us who follow to return to you our own steadfast and loyal love today and every day. In the name of the one who calls us with, “Follow me.” Amen.
Matthew 9:9. Liturgy of the Hours — PHL.
Hesed is Hebrew = tenacious loyal and loving fidelity to another.
Hesed is Hebrew = tenacious loyal and loving fidelity to another.
At the end of the day we give thanks to you, O Lord:
Glory to you our God.
Teach us to seek the things that please you:
Help us to find you in all that we do.
Lord, feed us with bread from heaven:
Guide us with the light of your word.
Father,
we thank you for showing us your mercy today:
may that mercy extend to all those
whom you entrust to our prayer;
and may it bring your peace to all people,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
May Christ, the only Son of God, bless and help us.
May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy
of God rest in peace. Amen.
Glory to you our God.
Teach us to seek the things that please you:
Help us to find you in all that we do.
Lord, feed us with bread from heaven:
Guide us with the light of your word.
Father,
we thank you for showing us your mercy today:
may that mercy extend to all those
whom you entrust to our prayer;
and may it bring your peace to all people,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
May Christ, the only Son of God, bless and help us.
May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy
of God rest in peace. Amen.
The Glenstal Book of Prayer, p. 37.