Lima, Peru, Jul 14, 2010 / 09:56 am
In his Sunday homily, the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, encouraged the faithful to seek out moments of silence each day in order to hear the voice of God.
"Look at the cross, listen to that heartbeat, see the gaze of Christ, the wounds that we have given him, read the Gospel," the cardinal instructed.
He then commented on the words of Moses, "Hear the voice of the Lord your God." The cardinal explained: "In order to listen, we need to separate ourselves from our concerns, our difficulties. Perhaps Jesus is speaking to you in the depths of your soul, but in a whisper, and you can't hear it because of the noise.
"This is what meditation is for, to learn to take our eyes away from our curiosity, to close our ears, which always want to hear something," he continued.