The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness; that is, she will never become a saint. Let her not delude herself - unless it is the Spirit of God who is speaking through her, for then she must not keep silent. But, in order to hear the voice of God, one has to have silence in one's soul and to keep silence; not a gloomy silence but an interior silence; that is to say, recollection in God.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the power of speech and the importance of silence for spiritual growth.
Mary Faustina Kowalska's quote reflects on the significance of the tongue in human communication while stressing the necessity of silence for spiritual clarity and connection with God. It suggests that to truly engage with the divine, one must cultivate an inner tranquility that allows for discernment of God's voice, contrasting the weight of words with the profound depth found in silence.
In practice
In a meditation group, this quote can be used to encourage participants to find inner silence.
Oh, how great is the goodness of God, greater than we can understand. There are moments and there are mysteries of the divine mercy over which the heavens are astounded. Let our judgment of souls cease, for God's mercy upon them is extraordinary.
Know that My Heart is mercy itself. From this sea of mercy graces flow out upon the world....I desire that your heart be an abiding place of My mercy. I desire that this mercy flow out upon the whole world through your heart.
Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.
This is the first lesson ye should learn: There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law, and until one begins to make application of same, one may not go very far in spiritual or soul development.
Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.
He knew what the Beats know and what the great tennis player knows, son: learn to do nothing, with your whole head and body, and everything will be done by what's around you.
When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.
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