What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. — Matt 10:27
In the heart's secret, Christ often speaks in the night's darkness, “when deep sleep falleth upon men; there the Master tells us things in the darkness! To listen and obey will save us many a bitter hour.
We may question if it is His voice, but we are rarely wrong in detecting that Voice when it reminds us of duties we have omitted and calls on us to take up the cross... moreWhat I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. — Matt 10:27
In the heart's secret, Christ often speaks in the night's darkness, “when deep sleep falleth upon men; there the Master tells us things in the darkness! To listen and obey will save us many a bitter hour.
We may question if it is His voice, but we are rarely wrong in detecting that Voice when it reminds us of duties we have omitted and calls on us to take up the cross that we have shunned.
There is music, tenderness, and love notes in these dark sayings, like those upon the harp, of which the Psalmist sings (Psa 49:4); the Voice that utters them is not harsh and strident, but tender and gentle. They are intended to teach us how to teach, to enable us to help others who cannot understand these hidden things. As sensitive paper, we have to be taken into the dark to receive impressions that will give pleasure and help to hundreds who could never pass through our experiences.
Prayer
Lord, speak to me, that I may speak In living echoes of Thy tone; As Thou hast sought, so let me seek Thy erring children lost and lone. Amen.
GC John Kelmy
KCP, Priory of St. Michael the Archangel
