Psalm 62:1: For God alone my soul in silence waits.
Elijah found God in the sheer silence on top of Mount
Horeb. Mary encountered God in the form of a child on a
star-filled silent night. Pilate encountered God in the silence
of the accused Jesus who was like a silent lamb being led to
the slaughter. Mary Magdalene encountered the risen Lord
when the silence of a mournful morn was broken with a
simple call, “Mary.” O God, for you alone my soul in silence
waits.
We long for those places of precious silence in our lives. The
cacophony of life that demands our attention seems never
ending. We forget the silence. Our prayers are often one-
sided, petitioning God to organize the world as we want the
world to be. We rarely wait in the silence seeking how God
wants the world to be. Perhaps this Lent is an opportunity to
practice one-sided prayer as we put our words aside and
simply wait and listen for God in the silence.
Through Jesus Christ we have not been left alone in a
Godless silence. We are invited into Holy Silence to
encounter the living God and the sound of God’s
overwhelming grace and love.
Psalm 61, 62; Genesis 42:1-17; 1 Corinthians 5:1-8;
Mark 3:19b-35
These Lenten meditations were written by the people
of St. Barnabas' for the people of St. Barnabas' as part
of our recognition of the 50th anniversary of the founding
of this church. We hope that you will find them helpful
in your own Lenten devotions.
