God, where are you?

I beg, I plead… and you do not answer.

I shout, I YELL… and get nothing!

Break your silence, O God.

Speak to me!

Teach me!

Rebuke me!

Strike me down!

But do not remain silent.

The God who is mute. Is that who you are!?

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You have revealed yourself as the speaking God – our communicating Cosmos.

You pointed Abraham to a city whose builder and maker was God.

You revealed your divine name to Moses.

You spoke with clarity

to David,

to Ruth,

to Esther,

to Isaiah,

to Ezekiel,

to Daniel,

to Mary,

to Paul,

and a host of others.

Why are the heavens made iron for me?

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Job, I know, experienced you as the hidden God.

And Elijah held a lonely vigil over earthquake, wind, and fire.

Me, too.

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O God of wonder and mystery, teach me by means of your wondrous, terrible, loving, all embracing silence.

Amen.