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Contemplative, Silent Adoration Confirms a Declaration of Love

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Benjamin Embley

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Charles de FoucauldWhat kind of prayer was it that made up your life in Nazareth? First and above all it was adoration, that is, contemplation, that silent adoration which is the most eloquent of prayers: Tibi silentium laus [“Silence is praise to you”]. It was that kind of silent adoration which confirms a declaration of love most passionately, just as love expressed in wondering admiration is the most ardent love.
Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916)

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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