Read Online The Power of Silence Against the Dictatorship of Noise Cardinal Robert Sarah Nicolas Diat 9781621641919 Books
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Now with a new afterword by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI!
In a time when there is more and more noise, and technology and materialism continue to exert their hold on us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The world generates so much noise that seeking moments of silence only becomes more necessary. For Cardinal Sarah, modern man, in repressing the divine, finds himself in a deep dilemma, an oppressive and anguishing trial. The Cardinal recalls that life is a silent relationship between what is most intimate in man and God. Silence is indispensable for hearing the music of God prayer arises from silence and returns to silence with ever greater depth.
In this long and profound conversation with Nicolas Diat, done within the hallowed walls of silence in the famous Carthusian monastery of La Grande Chartreux in France, the Cardinal proposes the question can those who do not know silence ever attain truth, beauty, love? The response is undeniable all that is great and creative is formed by silence. God is silence.
After the great international success of God or Nothing, translated into fourteen languages, Cardinal Sarah seeks to restore to silence its place of honor and importance. "Although speech characterizes man, silence is what defines him, because speech acquires sense only in terms of this silence." This is the beautiful and significant message of The Power of Silence.
In this book, Cardinal Sarah has only one aim, which is summed up in this thought from his book "Silence is difficult but it makes a human being able to allow himself to be led by God. Silence is born of silence. Through God the silent one we can gain access to silence. And a human being is unceasingly surprised by the light that bursts forth then. Silence is more important than any other human work. For it expresses God. The true revolution comes from silence; it leads us toward God and others so as to place ourselves humbly and generously at their service."
Read Online The Power of Silence Against the Dictatorship of Noise Cardinal Robert Sarah Nicolas Diat 9781621641919 Books
"A great truth that is needed in a chaotic world more greatly than ever. Expertly articulated, a passionate lover of Christ and the Catholic Church, tells how to add greater meaning to everything."
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The Power of Silence Against the Dictatorship of Noise Cardinal Robert Sarah Nicolas Diat 9781621641919 Books Reviews
- "In this hell of noise, man disintegrates and is lost." Cardinal Sarah is not a writer in the same league as Pope Benedict or von Hildebrand. But he is a truly remarkable man with remarkable thoughts. If you haven't read God or Nothing, I would read that first to better understand where Cardinal Sarah is coming from. But don't miss this book and its message. My only regret is that it ranks #541 on the best seller list.
- I think this is the most important book on the market right now. Not that its subject matter would ever be untimely, but it is especially timely in our tweet-saturated, attention-dispersed, blinking-light modern world. This is one of those books where I have to stop myself from underlining just about everything. Theologically, it is remarkably astute and instructive. Spiritually, it is as nourishing a read as any book I can remember reading.
- The Cardinal's premise is that our post-modern world is so full of noise, that our own minds and souls are filled with it. Then we have spread the noise to the Church, where it most certainly does not belong. The Church in its liturgy and other practices is forgetting the ancient practice of keeping silence before God in prayer, adoration, and lectio divina; it is giving into the noise and forgetting that God Himself keeps silence. Sarah encourages the reader to rediscover the ancient, monastic urge to withdraw to the desert to hear the voice of God which can only be heard when we keep silence. This is following Jesus Christ's example, and it is a protest against the dictatorship of noise all around us in this screen- and social media-obsessed world we inhabit.
Along with The Benedict Option, Sarah's book offers a clear path for Christians to resist the noise of this fake and hostile world. - This is my first Cardinal Sarah book (I have "God or Nothing" but haven't read it - sad!). In it, he expounds on a topic that is dear to my heart but had been largely underproclaimed in the modern Church. I am Indonesian, and as an Asian I am culturally accustomed to the orderly alternating cycles of music and silence... that is, until modernity blurs all of them! Cardinal Sarah provides a refreshing and comprehensive take on the important subject of silence. He bases his reflections on his personal experience at the Carthusian Charterhouse. The Carthusian Order—some of us might have known this already—is the master practitioner of silence, both external and internal. It is certainly hard to comprehend how a group of men is able to accomplish the simple yet heavy task of being utterly silent in the presence of the Almighty. Cardinal Sarah shows how the tree of silence, when planted carefully, can have roots reaching deep and far, and fruits lush and fleshy. Silence, though seems passive, is very much active and no less of a weapon in the spiritual warfare. I'm glad the good Cardinal wrote this book!
- accurate analysis of what has and is happening to our society and how silence has a positive effect...let your kids in on this too!
- Still working through this Wonderful, Necessary, and Most Unique book.
Many of my friends have this as well and we all agree, Cardinal Sarah (pronounced Sur-RAH - like Hurrah!) has nailed the Ache, Hunger, Deep Longing palpably present within with our hearts AND the Remedy for the soul's disease in this world of chaos and noise - SILENCE. Not just Quiet - although that is a helpful start - but the Holy Silence drawing one into His Most Holy Presence. Being With God in Silence, Cultivating that cave of the heart! The cave where Elijah waited, the cave of Bethlehem, the cave holding the Body of Jesus awaiting the Resurrection....Here He teaches us to not be afraid of the Silence, not be afraid of the Dark, for He is Present.
Again, like many other holy books, I have found reading this before the Blessed Sacrament the best place to BE with Him all while He is With me..... - A deeply meditative book on the value of silence, and of the difficulties in getting there.
- A great truth that is needed in a chaotic world more greatly than ever. Expertly articulated, a passionate lover of Christ and the Catholic Church, tells how to add greater meaning to everything.
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