Hear

"We are all deaf. The way of emptiness teaches us to hear."
~Michael O'Brien from Strangers and Sojourners

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Elsa said…
I've been enjoying your posts lately, though they are all good. This one really makes one think. "Silence is golden" after all. Michael O'Brien may be my favorite current poet. Beautiful thoughts...
Kevin said…
Thank you very much. There is another post from O'Brien titled “Silence” and also one from Kierkegaard with the same title that speak along these lines. I also liked the emptiness theme from this quote. I think Nouwen wrote in something I read (maybe the Genesee Diary) that we must actively/daily make room in our soul, we must empty ourselves in order to make room for the Holy Spirit to fill us and live through us. I know I have heard that theme elsewhere too. However, Nouwen stated it very well…

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