Let the practice of silence be your penance,
for silence bares the sacrifice of words and
speaks the calmness that saturates love.
Know that the language of the eyes
communicate much more effectively
than that of the tongue, and it is only
in serene quietness that one can concentrate
and contemplate on the glory of the Lord.
It is only in this atmosphere of unspoken words
that one can carry Me with him, constantly, and
can perform the acts of sacrifice with the restfulness
of an unagitated mind that will not seek the pettiness
of self defense and will sustain the pressures of
external and internal attacks of any accusation or blame.
