“Listening. It's not something for which Protestants are usually well known. In our activist piety we have tended toward prophetic pronouncements rather than quiet listening. As Father Guy, one of the first monks I met, put it, "Samuel said, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant is listening'; we more often say, 'Listen, Lord, for thy servant is speaking.” GodSpiritualityWaitingPrayerListeningPatienceContemplativeContemplative Prayer Book:Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants Source: Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants
“As Father Guy, one of the first monks I met, put it, "Samuel said, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant is listening'; we more often say, 'Listen, Lord, for thy servant is speaking.” GodSpiritualityWaitingPrayerListeningAnxietyPatienceContemplativeProtestantism Book:Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants Source: Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants