[mlizzy]

It is precisely the absence of that speech that separates Our Lady in the fullness of her grace from us sinners.

Exactly!

I know the quieter I am, the more I pray, the more meals I make, the better our family rides [and glides].

[Tax-chick]

I didn’t know you still had young children at home. My husband expects me to talk to him, too. If I try being silent, I get a lot of, “Is something wrong? Are you mad at me?”

I’ve probably completely messed up the whole thing, and it’s too late to fix it now. Cebu and all that.

[annalex]

Let us remember that many monastic orders have silence as their discipline. Speech turned inward is conversation with God; we should do more of it.