Trinity Church - Contemplative Silence

Navigation

Navigate: Home » Worship & Music » Contemplative Silence

Deeper Silence, Deeper Self

"Silence is God's first language,"
wrote the 16th-century mystic
John of the Cross.

And silence
is the normal context
in which contemplative prayer
takes place.

But there is silence
and then there is silence.

There is an outer silence,
an outer stopping
of the words and
busy-ness,
but there is also a much more
challenging interior silence,
where the inner talking
stops as well.

Excerpted from "Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening" by Cynthia Bourgeault.

Contemplative Silence

changed to Thursdays

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Room 210

"For God alone my soul in silence waits" (psalm 62).

Our time each week will begin with a brief reading, such as a psalm or a poem, after which participants will sit together in prayerful silence for 20 minutes.

No experience is necessary! The only requirements are a desire and a willingness to quiet one's mind and rest in the presence of God.

Please contact Wendy Wentland at wlwent@sbcglobal.net if you have questions about contemplative silence or about this weekly offering.

Check our monthly calendar for the occasional cancellation. (No Contempative Silence on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.)

"There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself,
and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us
the language of heaven."
- Meister Eckhart -

"To achieve silence:
this is of all things the hardest
and the most decisive in the art of prayer.
Silence is not merely negative -
a pause between words, a temporary cessation of speech -
but, properly understood, it is highly positive:
an attitude of attentive alertness,
of vigilance, and above all
of listening."
- Kallistos Ware -