Deep Silence

After the creation

leapt into being,

while elements, suns,

galaxies, nebulae

and the hosts

of the universe began to form,

You, the well-spring of eternity,

poured silence,

into the deep voids

between the aggregates of the universe:

a prefiguring of

a future gift to mortals

of stillness and peace.

In the silence

of the depths of our beings,

when noise is banished,

we can discover

You, the Creator God.

In the silence

of crucifixion’s death and din,

where terror is present

we can discover

You, the Redeemer God.

In the silence

of petrifying vulnerability,

when faith is struggling

we can discover

You, the Comforter God.

In the profound silences

flowing from the community

of the Trinity,

We can discover

Your deep and all-embracing peace

And in the silences that you might be able to find, you might like to offer A Prayer for Understanding