LESSONS from Our Lord for the World
Volume
IV Lesson #14
2/22/92
SILENCE
My dear one, it is more
profitable to hide the grace of your devotion than to esteem it through
exalting yourself! It is true wisdom to simply be in silence and solitude
rather than to speak much of your journey. It is those who follow the Truth
that look towards God and live in silence, without seeking consolation.
Silence is an increase in knowledge,
a virtue of contemplation in which the spirit of the soul ascends. Silence is
a whisper and grace of My Father in which He instills the Truth into your being
as you listen with an open heart.
Remember, the progress in your spiritual journey
does not consist of the grace of consolation, but instead, of bearing
the desire for it with humility and patience! If you will allow your mind to
rest and be at peace by simply being in My Presence, silence will become your
comfort in times of support and need. Those who are novices should be careful
to be discreet and silent, lest they fall into deceit. It is better to be quiet
and in a state of solitude than to see yourselves through your own eyes
of wisdom, seldom allowing yourselves to be governed by others.
Silence will allow you to be ruled by God,
and provide the way to flourish in the gifts of humility and divine charity! It
is far better to be weak in understanding and have lack of knowledge than to
be lacking humility and charity.
Humility is a grace; and
silence and solitude, through divine contemplation, is the catalyst to
humility.
Those who
choose to be quiet through prayer and discipline, even though it may be
difficult, are graced with true wisdom and lack of self-conceit! I am speaking
of silence, My dear one, not being secretive. I am speaking of developing and
nurturing the soul through intimacy.
Quiet the mind, and rest in Me. I will replenish
you. If you feel far away and not rewarded and empty, hold on to your
faith and know that the Light may leave as well as return when God deems fit!
Better now for My people to be at peace and contemplate how it might be if the
Light turns to the shadow of darkness. And if you feel the Light leave, know
that it will come back. So hold on to your faith in silence and in the solitude
of contemplation.
I bless you tonight, My dear one. In the
intensity and depth of My Father’s graces of darkness in your soul, you
willingly write My words for My beloved people, even though it is of great
difficulty for you. This darkness is one of Light for your soul, and those I
elect are graced with it.
In silence is humility
grounded!
Peace. Ad Deum.
