Mary+Immaculate<3 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 It's a noisy world out there. I went on a retreat once and my favorite part (besides Mass and Benediction) was the hour of silence. At the end of the retreat we told each other our favorite parts and I said I liked the silence. At least 4 other girls said the same. We can all use some peace and quiet sometimes, that's for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseOfGuadalupe Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Offer it up and pray for the grace to be able to block out the whispers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 It's a noisy world out there. I went on a retreat once and my favorite part (besides Mass and Benediction) was the hour of silence. At the end of the retreat we told each other our favorite parts and I said I liked the silence. At least 4 other girls said the same. We can all use some peace and quiet sometimes, that's for sure! Funny story on this one.... went on a retreat - a SILENT retreat - and the dear friars who ran it had the wonderful idea of giving us a Holy Hour in the afternoon... but the priest who was doing it insisted on playing chant tapes and reading very traditional books at us all through the holy hour. I really thought I was going to scream! I remember saying to Jesus, I hope you are having a good time, because I wanna screeeeeeeam!. One of the members had been in the little tiny friars' chapel (not the main one where we were suposed to be) and had just 'stayed there' when the time came for the holy hour... and ended up making her hour with Jesus still in the Tabernacle, surrounded by the friars. I swear, I may do that myself next year... wonder what they would do if we ALLL insisted on hanging out in the silent place next time......! I know the rubrics say that there should be readings, and all the rest, during exposition... but I wonder if the people who make those decisions have any clue at all how silence-starved so many of us are..... end rant.... returning to radio silence now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotreDame Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Offer it up and pray for the grace to be able to block out the whispers And I mean this in the nicest way possible, but you sound just like my Mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary+Immaculate<3 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Funny story on this one.... went on a retreat - a SILENT retreat - and the dear friars who ran it had the wonderful idea of giving us a Holy Hour in the afternoon... but the priest who was doing it insisted on playing chant tapes and reading very traditional books at us all through the holy hour. I really thought I was going to scream! I remember saying to Jesus, I hope you are having a good time, because I wanna screeeeeeeam!. One of the members had been in the little tiny friars' chapel (not the main one where we were suposed to be) and had just 'stayed there' when the time came for the holy hour... and ended up making her hour with Jesus still in the Tabernacle, surrounded by the friars. I swear, I may do that myself next year... wonder what they would do if we ALLL insisted on hanging out in the silent place next time......! I know the rubrics say that there should be readings, and all the rest, during exposition... but I wonder if the people who make those decisions have any clue at all how silence-starved so many of us are..... end rant.... returning to radio silence now.... Yeah, music and spiritual talks have their place, but personally I don't like them during Adoration, unless they're brief. For example, I really like when my youth group has XLT because it is Adoration, Benediction, and music, but there is silent reflection time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexian Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 During the past few months I've been tormented in a small chapel of adoration by people whispering their prayers, whispering their rosary, and generally being very inconsiderate in the way they conduct themselves. I sometimes see others just stand up and leave because they cannot take any more. One couple comes into the chapel each week and sit down behind others and immediately begin to whisper the rosary and, in their case, emphasize the words ....AND at the hour of our death... at the end of each Hail Mary. I wrestle with the temptation to just go up to them and politely and gently ask them to cease the whispering since it's causing irritation to others. As a human I would have no problem doing so, but as a child of God I hesitate in case it might be the wrong thing to do. I personaly wouldn't want to be the cause of annoyance to others in a chapel and would want to know if I was. I'll just have to get those ear-plugs mentioned above, methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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