One of the creative tensions that the contemplative practitioner faces continually is the tension between means and end. On the one hand, contemplative practices, which count among their ranks participation in the Eucharist, are a manifestation and actualization of our relationship with Divine Love, expressions of the communion that simply is. On the other hand, every contemplative practice can just as rightly be understood as the means by which our relationship with God is deepened and our lives are transformed, Consider that the Eucharist has never been understood simply as a call to receive the Host again and again, though we do open ourselves to encounter God when we receive the Host. More than that, though, it is a lens through which we find the vision to see God in the humblest and most unassuming aspects of our lives, that by which we hear the call and find the courage to pour ourselves out with the wildly overflowing love of God. Nor is contemplative silence simply a call to linger in a world of no thoughts, though we do open ourselves to encounter God when we put aside speech, sounds, and thoughts for a time. More than that, though, it is also a discipline through which we attune ourselves to recognize the silent Presence of God, only audible to the heart, in all times and places, and learn to abide in and draw from that Presence at every moment of our lives!
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