“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven … a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7b)

VI.
What of that balance – to keep silence/to speak.

Is that an easy pair to keep in balance for you? I confess, I struggle with it. Wait, maybe I need to confess that in my “need” to speak, I just make a mess of it.

Even in these posts – when do I need to speak/write/post and when do I need to be silent so you can “hear” what is in the wind, what the Spirit brings?

VII.
In bringing this week’s reflections to a close, let me stand back and direct your attention to the passage in Luke and what goes on there, both the silence and the sounds and the words.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A39-52&version=NRSV

VIII.
Who speaks? Why? When and where is there silence? Why?

When is Jesus silent? When does he speak? When do the teachers speak? When are they silent? When does Mary speak? When is she silent?

What does Mary lead you to “treasure in [your] heart”?

Where is silence in your life today?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}