by Richard Rohr

In "Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation," Rohr focuses on finding God in the depths of silence, and shares that the divine silence is more than the absence of noise.  That silence has a life of its own, in which we are invited into its living presence, wholeness of being, and peace it brings.  This silence can absorb paradoxes, contradictions, and the challenges of life, he says, connecting us with the great chain of being. Rohr adds that while different faiths use different languages and different words, all major religions have come at the mystery of God as a dynamic flow--God as communion, God as relationships. Silence then becomes that common place for all.
This book will inspire you and show that the peace of contemplation is not something just for monks, mystics, and those divorced from the worries of the world, but rather for all people who can quiet their own mind to listen in the silence.