{"id":123,"date":"2014-09-15T22:41:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T02:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/waterintowine\/?p=123"},"modified":"2014-09-15T22:41:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T02:41:51","slug":"beauty-in-silence-novena-of-beauty-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/waterintowine\/2014\/09\/beauty-in-silence-novena-of-beauty-day-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty in Silence: Novena of Beauty, Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"SaintTeresaofCalcutta\"<\/a>\u201cBe faithful to your time spent in prayer and make sure that at least half of your prayer is spent in silence. This will bring you closer to Jesus. If you deepen your prayer life you will grow in holiness and obtain many graces for the souls entrusted to your care. Deepen your love for one another by praying for each other and by sharing thoughts and graces you have received in prayer and reading.\u201d ~Mother Teresa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is so hard for us to find silence, even to seek it.<\/p>\n

But we live in an age where we can watch actual footage of a saint pleading with us to love God by loving those who are lonely and unwanted. To find the graces necessary to obey\u00a0our mission to love the world, we need prayer. We need silence.<\/p>\n

Take a look at this brief excerpt from one of Saint Teresa of Calcutta\u2019s public talks. Spend three minutes with Mother Teresa, ending with the Hail Mary.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-yFzCBIK-PY<\/a><\/p>\n

I invite you to take another three minutes in total silence just to listen to God in your heart. I will do the same.<\/p>\n

After that, if you\u2019d like to pray the Litany of Loreto for the final day of this novena, here it is, one more time:<\/p>\n