Solitude and silence are not self-indulgent exercises for times when an overcrowded soul needs a little time to itself. Rather, they are concrete ways of opening to the presence of God.
Ruth Haley Barton
Matthew 14:23 (CSB)
After dismissing the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. Well into the night, he was there alone.
Luke 5:16 (CSB)
Yet he often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.
Luke 22:41 CSB
Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray,
The silence of the Christian is a listening silence, a humble silence that for the sake of humility can also be broken at any time.
