XXXIX
SILENCE

The majesty of your torment shines
with the light of your complete resignation,
an acceptance that is absolute freedom,
and your words, “Your will be done!”           Matthew 26:39.
cast a brilliant light on your martyrdom.
Silence, nakedness, repose and night
enclose You, Jesus, becoming the angels
of your death; God in His darkness
is silent and naked. From the Father
within, only silence is heard;
the murmur of your love beckons us
to our nest with a gentle whisper,
held in your arms above the darkness
through which the sun of life is breaking!