The Sword of Silence

Christ wields the sword of silence to sever the chains that bind our souls.

With loud voices and chaotic busy-ness, demons have convinced us to proffer our ankles and wrists to them, that they may adorn us with pleasure. What we soon discover, however, is that these adornments are not bracelets but shackles that bind us to our demonic slave drivers. These chains may be lust, anxiety, doubt, fear... once the manacle encloses around our wrist, we cannot free ourselves from it.

But there is One who can break these chains. He alone has the authority and strength to free us from our bondage. When we feel ourselves weighed down or dragged about by these chains, we need only strive to attain silence. This striving is an orientation of our whole being towards God and God alone; it is the silence of two souls' eyes meeting in the midst of chaotic battle and bloodshed. This desperate plea from our hearts to God will be met with Mercy and Love, and our Savior will strike the chains with the gift of true silence in our hearts--the silencing of the devil.