| Author | |
Martha in VA
Forum Pro
Joined: Nov 15 2006
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 496
|
| Posted: Jan 31 2008 at 8:43pm | IP Logged
|
 |
|
I need to learn how to be silent more and how to incorporate this into our family life. Would anyone be able to recommend a book that might help me in this endeavor?
__________________
Blessed wife & mom to
4dds,miracle son 4/09, 2 in heaven
My Conversion Blog
Our Family Blog
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Martha in VA
Forum Pro
Joined: Nov 15 2006
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 496
|
| Posted: Feb 01 2008 at 3:29pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
No one has any suggestions? 
__________________
Blessed wife & mom to
4dds,miracle son 4/09, 2 in heaven
My Conversion Blog
Our Family Blog
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Sarah M
Forum All-Star
Joined: Jan 06 2008
Location: Washington
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1423
|
| Posted: Feb 01 2008 at 3:56pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Sorry Martha- the server was down this morning so I was unable to post. Here are my recommendations:
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
In the Spirit of Happiness by the Monks of New Skete Update: It's been recently brought to my attention that the Monks of New Skete are Orthodox (meaning: not faithful to the magisterium), and so please read this one with caution. While I did find some excellent spiritual advice in this book, there is mention of questionable practices such as Eastern Meditation. As always- any book written by those not faithful to the magisterium should be read with discernment. :)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Martha in VA
Forum Pro
Joined: Nov 15 2006
Location: Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 496
|
| Posted: Feb 01 2008 at 6:12pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Just what I was looking for. Thanks! 
__________________
Blessed wife & mom to
4dds,miracle son 4/09, 2 in heaven
My Conversion Blog
Our Family Blog
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Caroline
Forum All-Star
Joined: March 04 2006
Location: California
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 706
|
| Posted: Feb 01 2008 at 6:31pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
The text for Practice of the Presence of God can be found online here
__________________
Devoted Wife to  and Mama to three beautiful boys and another little boy due in September , and two beautiful souls in heaven
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
amyable
Forum All-Star
Joined: March 07 2005
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3798
|
| Posted: Feb 01 2008 at 6:45pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Wonderful! We are reading Practice of the Presence for our book club this month AND I was going to come on here tonight asking about evenings and silence. Perfect. 
__________________
Amy
mom of 5, ages 6-16, and happy wife of
The Highly Sensitive Homeschooler
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Hoosiermama
Forum Newbie
Joined: Feb 18 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 22
|
| Posted: Feb 02 2008 at 3:37pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
This isn't a book, but I found the DVD Into Great Silence so amazing and inspiring to watch.
It's a 3 hour movie and we didn't sit and watch it straight through (Its an interesting movie that I can't even begin to explain here. I'd suggest to Google it or read the Wikipedia page about it) we watched about an hour or so a day until we got to the end.
It tends to be one of those things people either love or hate, we loved it here.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
chicken lady
Forum All-Star
Joined: Feb 27 2005
Location: N/A
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2315
|
| Posted: April 17 2008 at 9:48am | IP Logged
|
|
|
Hoosiermama wrote:
I found the DVD Into Great Silence so amazing and inspiring to watch.
|
|
|
amazing movie 
I love to sit and just absorb this movie, it is really a meditation more than a movie. I think Leonie started a thread about this last year????
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Erin
Forum Moderator
Joined: Feb 23 2005
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 5814
|
| Posted: April 18 2008 at 5:11am | IP Logged
|
|
|
No book recommendations here but a couple of practical tips,
Play the Silence Game, all be quiet, the one to talk first loses. Very popular here.
A friend monthly has a silent tea(dinner), a left over from her days in the convent. She tells me that it teaches the children to think of family members, ie. I want the salt so perhaps others may too, therefore they think to pass on.
__________________
Erin
Faith Filled Days
Seven Little Australians
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
missionfamily
Forum All-Star
Joined: April 10 2007
Location: Louisiana
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1859
|
| Posted: April 19 2008 at 8:41pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I thought about this thread as I read Pope Benedict's message to the young people gathered today:
Have we perhaps lost something of the art of listening? Do you leave space to hear God's whisper, calling you forth into goodness? Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness, listen to God, adore him in the Eucharist. Let his word shape your journey as an unfolding of holiness.
That's inspiration enough for me to pursue silence more intentionally.
__________________
Colleen
dh Greg
mom to Quinn,Gabriel, Brendan,Evan, Kolbe, and sweet St. Bryce
Footprints on the Fridge
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
4Real Forums : Domestic Church
Topic: Books on learning to practice silence?
