Into the Silence

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Don’t get me wrong

I love the light

And adore the bright.

A sunny day is worth three of the gray ones.

But the times that are worth above all others

Are the margin moments of each 24-hour period.

The stillness and clear dark before dawn and

The silence between the setting of the sun and the lapse into sleep.

These are the precious times when the clamor pauses

The news cycle turns, but minds its own business

Unsettled disagreements are put on hold

The efforts of learning, building, inventing adjourn

And the mind greets the heart

The heart bows to the Center

And peace is, for a tiny space, disclosed again

Just where it has been waiting all along.

(2.10.22)

Published by johnpmcginty

A native of the North Shore of Boston, I currently live in Worcester County, Massachusetts. I worked at Boston College as the Acting Director of The Church in the 21st Century Center until August, 2010 and served until November 2016 as Canon for Formation, and Dean of the George Mercer Jr. School of Theology of the Diocese of Long Island. I was happy to serve as Rector at the Church of Saint Anselm of Canterbury in Shoreham, New York from late 2016 to early 2020. I began service as Rector of The Church of Saint Matthew in the city of Worcester on the first day of the fateful month of 2020.

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