August 14, 2026
Discovering the Small Intimate Voice
Have you ever tried to spend a whole hour doing nothing but listening to the voice that dwells deep in your heart? Where there is no radio to listen to, no TV to watch, no book to read, no person to talk to, no project to finish, no phone call to make, how does that make you feel? Often it does no more than make us so aware of how much there is still to do that we haven’t yet done that we decide to leave that fearful silence and go back to work! It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our world and to discover there the small intimate voice saying: “You are my Beloved Child, on you my favor rests.” Still, if we dare to embrace our solitude and befriend our silence, we will come to know that voice.
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength….
- Isaiah 30: 15
Reflection Question: How will you take time to be silent today?
