Eucharistic Reflection - Do Not Be Afraid of Liturgical Silence!

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“I call Catholics to genuine conversion! Let us strive with all our heart to become in each of our Eucharistic celebrations ‘a pure Victim, a holy Victim, a spotless Victim!' Let us not be afraid of liturgical silence. How I would love it if pastors and the faithful would enter joyfully into this silence that is full of sacred reverence and love for the ineffable God. How I would love it if churches were houses in which the great silence prevails that announces and reveals the adored presence of God. How I would love it if Christians in the liturgy could experience the power of silence!”

 

(Robert Cardinal Sarah from The Power of Silence – Against The Dictatorship of Noise)

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