Holy Silence: A Practical Guide to Recollection in God

You will discover the one sinful attitude that separates us from God's gracious forgiveness and will learn how to avoid passing judgement on others. You will also learn the most essential attitude that predisposes us to God's intentions and helps us to enter into His love and converse affectionately with Him throughout the day. You will also find practical tactics for resisting distractions in prayer, as well as counsel from the saints on meditation practises for developing spiritual quiet.

Above all, you will learn how to keep your soul at rest and live a life devoid of anxiety and despair, regardless of temptations or life's struggles. You will courageously rise after falls and begin again if you completely trust in God. You will begin to understand God's loving hand in everything, to reflect on the light of His presence, and to "be still" in the silence of His love.

"Holy silence is what helps the soul acquire the strength necessary to bear the presence of the all-pure God, who is ipsum esse subsistens (subsistent being itself)," Fr. Nortz continues. "The intensity of that fullness, far from inspiring languid inaction, produces a vibrant joyfulness, that St. John expresses in the book of Revelation in terms of the saints singing with full voice."