Has the Word been silent?
When the word is silent, silence speaks.
And silence becomes Word. We could not keep her silent on the Cross. Because the Cross became Word. We could not shut her up at Death.
Because death became Word. We could not shut her up in the other room. Because the tomb became Word.
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God was silent.
But the silence of God became Word. You could not hear God. But his presence was heard.
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The Liturgy mutes in anticipation of the Easter Vigil. Everything is naked today. Altars naked. Churches naked. Everything looks dumb.
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Always silence precedes the word. The silence always prepares the word.
It is the silence of waiting.
It is the silence of faith enclosed in a tomb.
It is silence that makes hope. It is the silence of the grain sown. It is the silence of the waiting that springs in the ear of Easter.
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It is the silence of the waiting that the new outbreak of life.
It is the silence that tonight will erupt in ALLELUIA.
It is the silence that tonight, as on Christmas night, the new light of the Paschal Candle will burst.
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It is the silence that tonight, will explode in the “GLORY TO GOD”
silenced during Lent.
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It is the silence of those who feel alone and aimless.
It is the silence that this Night will become a cry of LIFE.
It is the silence that seems asleep and will soon awaken.
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It is the silence of the Mother.
she was silent when she felt him blossom in her womb.
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It is the silence of the Mother.
who kept silence at the foot of the Cross.
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It is the silence of the Mother
that were silent when her arms received him dead.
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It is the silence of the mother
waiting for the “new birth”.
The first birth came out of her womb.
The new one will come out of the empty tomb.
It is the quiet silence that keeps everything in her heart.
It is quiet silence full of faith and paschal hope.
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Tonight we will break the silence with ALLELUIAS.
But it will follow the silence that everything lives in the heart.
Fr. Blas Máruez, CMF