Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Seeing Respectfully

Silence is what surrounds everything… It is the space between letters, words, and paragraphs that makes them decipherable and meaningful. When you can train yourself to reverence the silence around things, you first begin to see things in themselves… This “divine” silence is before, after, and between all events for those who see respectfully (to re-spect is “to see again”).


RICHARD ROHR, O.F.M.