I still love the second reading from the Office of Readings for Gaudete Sunday.
What if, when we opened our mouth to convey our word, our voice refused to speak? We find it so very frustrating, on those occasions when we become ill, to be unable to convey our thoughts.
What if our voice instead spoke something very different from what we intended, if when we attempted to give voice to the word of our love for another our voice instead spoke out contempt or hatred? Would we not clamp shut our lips and refuse to give any utterance at all?
It occurs to me again how unknowably humble and patient God is with us!
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