{"id":18021,"date":"2016-10-10T14:06:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T19:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=18021"},"modified":"2016-10-10T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T19:10:00","slug":"why-to-embrace-a-life-of-silence-and-anonymity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=18021","title":{"rendered":"Why to embrace a life of silence and anonymity."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Angel-of-Holy-Silence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18022\" src=\"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Angel-of-Holy-Silence-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"angel-of-holy-silence\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Angel-of-Holy-Silence-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Angel-of-Holy-Silence.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"x_apple-style-span\"><i>Could have done more for the Church if he were actively ministering in the world.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"x_apple-style-span\"><i>Thinking with the wisdom of men. \u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span class=\"x_apple-style-span\"><i>It is answered with the wisdom of God.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/strong><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span class=\"x_apple-style-span\">The Carthusian explained that by entering into silent anonymity God could make his prayer more fruitful for the salvation of the world than anything else he could possible accomplish on his own. \u00a0 He understood the primacy of contemplation in the life of the Church, a truth which today is often neglected. \u00a0This primacy derives from the fact that the life of the Church is essentially the life of grace, a life freely given by Christ. \u00a0No method or technique or program or anything else born of human industry compels the Blood of the Lord &#8212; but the humble petition of a repentant sinner always moves Him to act. \u00a0Such is the wisdom of God.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x_apple-style-span\">The wisdom of God is foolishness to the world, but divine foolishness is wiser than the wisest man. \u00a0In the world, to make a name for yourself is important especially if you want to be successful. \u00a0In the mystery of God, to magnify the Lord is important if you want to be faithful. \u00a0In the world, your self-reliance makes a positive impression on most people for a short time, but whatever you accomplish by your cleverness eventually will be forgotten. \u00a0In God, your reliance on Him will be viewed negatively by most people for most of your life, but what God accomplishes by your trust will last forever. \u00a0What about when we are unfairly accused and mocked and rejected? \u00a0Christ never promised we would be treated fair when He commanded us to pick up our own cross and follow Him. \u00a0Yet this is exactly where the foolishness of God comes in. \u00a0In the wisdom of the world, such humiliation is a doom worse than death &#8212; but in the wisdom of God, this is a hidden blessing through which new life can flow into the Church by our loving obedience<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could have done more for the Church if he were actively ministering in the world. Thinking with the wisdom of men. \u00a0 It is answered with the wisdom of God.\u00a0 The Carthusian explained that by entering into silent anonymity God &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=18021\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7779,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divine-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7779"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18025,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18021\/revisions\/18025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}