It is a language of attentive stillness awaiting the lover's approach. This Carmelite way born of the attempt to live in allegiance to Jesus Christ is an ancient path for today's pilgrims. John Welch O.Carm. Welch calls us to question the way we live now. Our culture is lived very much on the surface.
Public relations take over from personal relations and spin edges out substance.
Images and sound bites prevail and the constant search for the new and sensational can wear us out. This way of life undermines any sense of inner awareness and can overwhelm what is genuinely human and life enhancing. We lose out on the capacity to wonder and deeper emotions like compassion can be ignored. As we lose the capacity to wonder, we also find that our imaginations lose their freedom. We need the facility to make connections so that we can think and view life in ways that go beyond narrow logic.