Awakening With Nathanael Wolf

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 053: A Deeper Life in Prayer: Being Silent Pt. 1   Welcome to Episode 053 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.      In this episode, Nathanael continues a series entitled, "A Deeper Life in Prayer".   In this episode, you’ll discover: Silence is not the soundless moments between noise. Silence is a state of being. Silence is necessary for knowing God. Silence is a work of grace. Silence is sheer receptivity.   Notable episode quotes: “It has been wisely said by an Orthodox writer in Finland, ‘You yourself must be silent; let the prayer speak.’ To achieve silence: this is of all things the hardest and the most decisive in the art of prayer. Silence is not merely negative—a pause between words, a temporary cessation of speech—but, properly understood, it is highly positive: an attitude of attentive alertness, of vigilance, and above all of listening. The person who has inner stillness or silence, is par excellence the one who listens. He listens to the voi