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Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering, Makoto Fujimura (foreward by Philip Yancey). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016.
Summary: A “layered†reflection on Shusako Endo’s Silence by a Japanese-American artist that explores the Christian experience of persecution in Japan, and the connections between silence, suffering, and beauty, that may draw contemporary Japanese to faith.
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In follow up to Finding Calcutta: Where is Calcutta? Somewhere beyond (just) ourselves, take a few minutes to reflect upon our (and your) calling through the lens offered by Mother Teresa. Please feel free to share thoughts/reactions.
To make possible true inner silence, practice:
Silence of the eyes, by seeking always the beauty and goodness of God everywhere, closing them to the faults of others and to all that is sinful and disturbing to the soul.
Silence of the ears, by listening always to the voice of God and to the cry of the poor and the needy, closing them to all other voices that come from fallen human nature, such as gossip, tale-bearing and uncharitable words.
Silence of the tongue, by praising God and speaking the life-giving Word of God that is the truth, that enlightens and inspires, brings peace, hope and joy; and by refraining from self-defense and every word that brings darkness, turmoil, pain and death. [Read more…] about Finding Calcutta: To make possible true inner silence, practice