Let us be silent... out of love for the Word.

Before we listen to the Word, let us be still,
so that our thoughts may turn to the Word.
Let us be still after hearing the Word,
so that it may speak to us further,
so that it may live and dwell within us.
Let us be still in the morning,
for God must have the first word,
let us be still before we lay down to sleep,
for the last word belongs to God.
Let us be still not out of love for silence, but out of love for the Word.

(Dietrich Bonhoeffer /1906–1945/)