The Word became incarnate in silence
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through the Word, and without the Word nothing was made. In the Word was life, and the life was the light of men. (Jn 1:1-4)
The Word was the true light that enlightens every man who comes into the world (Jn 1:9)
He came to his own home, and his own people did not welcome him. But to all who did receive him, he gave power to become children of God. (Jn 1:11-12)
Now, dear friend, listen also to the words of the angel Gabriel to Mary, which are entirely applicable to everyone:
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the child to be born will be holy and will be called the Son of God” (Lk 1:15).
Dear friend, open your life wide and let God pour out his grace through his Spirit that works in those who welcome him. For the ultimate reason for our existence is to gradually transform ourselves into children of God in the image of Jesus.
Christ Jesus must be born in you and in me spiritually.
To better prepare yourself for this, silence your body and your mind. Purify your soul in silence: Breathe deeply, as if the air you inhale were a breath of the Spirit of God that comes to fill you with life… When you exhale, feel that you are expelling from yourself, the inner impurities, the sadness, the fears, the tiredness… and all the tensions of your bad memories…
Observe your breathing for a few moments and little by little become silent within, silencing your thoughts and calming your whole being…
And so, with a mind polished by silence, with a pure heart and a clean soul, prepare to open yourself to welcome the Word within you, the living and effective Word, allowing it to renew you through the Holy Spirit. Welcome him by saying:
At this moment, I ask you, Lord, to pour upon me the gifts of your Holy Spirit, to prepare me to welcome them:
- “Spirit of Love, come to me so that a new incarnation of the Word may take place in me. May I be for Him a new humanity in which He renews His Mystery.”
- Merciful Father, see in me a son in whom You have placed Your delight.
- Spirit of Love, reaffirm in my heart the certainty of the Father’s love.
- Insert within me the certainty of being a beloved son of the Father.
- Divine Spirit, You are the light that illuminates my mind. Shed upon me the light of Truth.
- Spirit of Love, make a spring of tenderness and mercy flow from my heart.
. May your divine breath make life and beauty spring forth in me, which renews the world.
- Spirit of Love, infuse in me the hope that dispels fears and gives birth to joy.
- Consoling Spirit, strengthen my soul for difficulties and trials.
- Divine Spirit, pour upon me the faith that allows me to intuit what is still hidden from the eyes.
- Spirit of Love, make me perceive that your heavenly Kingdom has already begun to spring forth in our midst.
- Spirit of Love, infuse in my heart the Good News, so that my lips may make it resonate to the ends of the earth.
Lord, Lord,
You, first you last.
You in the immense depths of the abyss
and in the inner depths.
You in the singing dawn that sings and in the pondering night.
You in the flower of the thistles
and in the thistles without flower.
Beloved Nervo (P-17)