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God far exceeds all words that we can here express
In silence He is heard, in silence worshiped best

— Angelus Silesius

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Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem – but all in vain until He is born in me.

Without Why
The rose is without why.
It blooms simply because it blooms.
It thinks not of itself,
And no display it show.

How fleeting is this world
yet it survives.
It is ourselves that fade from it
and our ephemeral lives.

In waste God hides the gold, accept what He may send,
The great within the small, though we don't comprehend.

O Man, as long as you exist, know, have, and cherish,
You have not been delivered, believe me, of your burden.

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There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.

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