We tend to gallop through the Sacred Mysteries, forgetting the silence meant to gather the broken pieces of our lives before God.
True stillness prepares the soul for mercy.
In a conversation with a pious young priest, the question arose about the length of the pause before beginning the Penitential Rite.
Why not stretch it out a bit, allowing more time to call to mind our sins as Mother Church enjoins us to do?
Author's summary: Embracing stillness in Mass.