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When I rely on Christ, in silent prayer, I am like a small child who is carried in His vitality and joy.

Christ's prayer and mine are one, in the silence after receiving Holy Communion. My guardian angel stands guard beside me.

The seed of the soul had been softening in silence and darkness, so that one day a shoot might appear.

Mary's graciousness, I learned, stemmed from her silence, and suffering, and longing to do God's will.

Christ said that He, the Son of Mary, is like His mother, in his tender gestures and tactful silences.

God guards the soul. He guards worthily the soul which receives Christ in Holy Communion. Holy Angels stand beside us, in reverent silence.

When faithful people pray the Holy Rosary, Holy Angels surround them, and keep watch, in reverent silence.

When faithful people pray the Holy Rosary, Holy Angels surround them, and keep watch, in reverent silence.

Prayer can be like a meeting of members of a happy, united family who sit together, after a busy day, in companionable silence.

It is strange that when so many children are given patient instruction on matters such as re-cycling, or taking exercise, there is a great silence on far more important matters, such as chastity, honesty, love for others and reverence for God - without which we endanger our very souls.

It is strange that when so many children are given patient instruction on matters such as re-cycling, or taking exercise, there is a great silence on far more important matters, such as chastity, honesty, love for others and reverence for God - without which we endanger our very souls.

It is strange that when so many children are given patient instruction on matters such as re-cycling, or taking exercise, there is a great silence on far more important matters, such as chastity, honesty, love for others and reverence for God - without which we endanger our very souls.

Jesus was made refreshed and joyful by sitting with His friends in Bethany, in a welcome silence. He knew He was loved, and though He was full of compassion for needy people He was glad to retire for a while from the noise and bustle of the crowds.

When people chatter needlessly in church, their Guardian Angels still pray to Jesus, and honour Him by their reverent silence.

God the Father showed me, in prayer, that when I am forgiven, joyful, and very close to Him in the bond of charity, it's as if I sit at His feet, in silence and peace, as He strokes my hair.

God, the King of Kings, lives in Heaven, yet has an 'outpost' in a foreign country, Earth, where His ambassadors keep a special residence, with a throne-room, which He can visit. Hence the reverent silence appropriate for that place: a Catholic church.

If the Queen were to walk down the centre aisle in our church, would the chatter cease? Would people bow or stand or curtsey, and keep silent, in case she wished to speak? Can we not do the same, now, for the King of Kings, Who is Present in the tabernacle?

A man shows real love if he visits his mother and helps her. Yet he also shows love if he makes time to sit with her, in conversation or a compassionate silence. And so it is with us, and Christ; He deserves our adoration as well as our service and work.

It is a sad thing for the faithful, the Lord explained, when a church is built which has few indications that it is a House of prayer, and where there are few of the signs and symbols which have marked our Catholic devotions, buildings and practices since the early days of Church life; and in a place that looks like a grubby stadium people behave as if in a stadium, instead of with reverent silence before Christ our God.

It is an outrage, in God's sight, and it saddens the Heart of Christ, whenever Catholics behave badly in church as if at closing time in a pub - even when they should be waiting in reverent silence for the start of a First Communion Mass for a member of the family. They show no reverence towards God, and set a poor example to the child, when prayer is necessary.