Silent Discovery

submerge yourself in silence
and tell me what you find.

did you go to such a depth of prayer
that you didn’t hear me enter
or see me standing there?

did you feel an enveloping presence
you never knew existed?

did you come to know
what grace and love
are really all about?

submerged in the silence
did you find
yourself?

By Cathy Lamperski Dearing

(Cathy Lamperski Dearing is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis.)†

The Criterion