This month's host, Jone, shared this quote with us from Thomas Merton: "The world of men has forgotten the joys of silence, the peace of solitude, which is necessary, to some extent, for the fullness of human living."
My life has a lot more silence in it than a few years ago, when we were a busy household. Now it's just my husband and me, and right now he's out on a bike ride as, in silence, I contemplate the idea of silence. There's a fan going in the room where I am, but other than that, there's very little sound.
It's exam week, so it was a quiet day overall at school. Most days aren't like that, but today was. It's the calm before the storm. There are concerts coming up, and the Drama Club is performing, and Project-Based Learning, and lots of end of semester noise. But it's good to get a little break from that, to spend the day writing report card comments and grading exams, like I did today.
This Advent song, with lyrics from the 5th century, imagines a moment of silence as Jesus descends to earth. But like my quiet day, it's a brief moment, because the song ends with the whole heavenly host singing, "Alleluia, alleluia!"
5 comments:
Ruth, It’s so nice to hear from you. I’m glad you are enjoying some moments of silence in the midst of end of semester stuff. That hymn is one of my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing. (I put your link on Jone’s blog.)
Ruth, quiet time is so important. Gald you are able to find some for yourself. Bob
Glad you're finding time to be still amid the end of semester scurry. The hymn is new to me. Thanks for sharing! I love finding new music through our SJT posts.
Thank you, Ruth. That is a favorite hymn of mine also. God bless.
How beautiful to find moments of silence amidst the joyful noise of life, work, family, school. Beautiful song, too! Blessings as you wind down the year, Ruth.
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