And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness. Rom 6:12-18

Our stewardship begins with our senses and our interior gifts. In presenting ourselves to God in purity we prudently check the senses through holy discipline and strengthen our interior life through silence. According to Sister Marie-Aimée of Jesus, a Carmelite from Paris, there are 12 degrees of silence we can consider.

1. Silence of the word
2. Silence of movements or action
3. Silence of the imagination
4. Silence of the memory
5. Silence to the creatures
6. Silence of the heart or of feelings
7. Silence of humility or self-love
8. Silence of the spirit or of intelligence
9. Silence of judgment
10. Silence of the will
11. Silence with one’s self
12. Silence with God

Wishing you a blessed day.

PS. Prayers for Anthony and his bride.