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Theology thru Silence and Contemplation
October 6, 2006 |
THEOLOGIANS MISSION THROUGH SILENCE AND CONTEMPLATION
This morning in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel, in the Vatican, the Holy Father concelebrated mass with the participants of the International Theological Commission.
In this homily, the Pope mentioned the figure of Saint
Bruno, whose feast day is celebrated today and whose
mission was characterized by “silence and contemplation
(…) which allow us to find this deep, continuous union
with God, in the dispersion of every day”.
The mission of the theologian, Benedict XVI said, is to
“keep in present the essential words in the loquacity of
our times and other times (…) For the purification of our
words and therefore those of the world, we need that
silence that becomes contemplation, which allows us to
enter into God’s silence and thus reach the point where the
Word is born, the redeeming Word”.
He continued: “Our words and thoughts should only be used
that they may be heard, may find space in the world, God’s
speaking, God’s Word. Thus, once again, we are invited to
this path of renouncing our own words; to this path of
purification, that our words may be only instruments
through which God may speak, and thus God is really not the
object but the subject of Theology”.
Afterwards, quoting the First Letter of Saint Peter, he
recalls that “to speak to find applause, to speak orienting
oneself to what men wish to hear, to speak in obedience to
the dictatorship of common opinions, is considered a type
of prostitution of words and soul”. However, we need not
submit to this typology but, “search for obedience to the
truth. I believe this to be the fundamental virtue of the
theologian, this harsh discipline to obedience to truth,
which make us collaborators” and “the mouths of truth”.
