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Silence in the City
Silence in the City
Silence in the City
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Listen to the LORDs voice speaking in your soul, in
the silence of your soul. His silent
WORD, His NAME (YHWH) speaks at the heart of all sound; from His Spirit all
voice is born.



And no tongue, no noise of man, can disturb its
purity, its light. It breathes.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> It lives.
He speaks-- bringing life. And
there is peace. (Not even death can
overcome Him.)



Though borne under a cross of pain, here is but
love, here wisdom shines in silence, without a word.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> And in it we find strength; all questions
flee. For nothing touches the awe of
His Presence. Nothing speaks more
fearfully than the silence of God.



Listen, if you will, and hear His voice, wherever
you are.



LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateNov 26, 2003
ISBN9781410735621
Silence in the City
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James H. Kurt

James Kurt lives much as a hermit in the city – Jersey City, New Jersey.  He spends about six hours a day in prayer, including Catholic Mass, Liturgy of the Hours, full Rosary, Stations of the Cross, meditation on Scripture and the writings of the saints, and silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.  He works another five or six hours on his writing.  A website (see back of book) contains the forty-plus Catholic Christian writings he has composed over the past twenty years.  Mr. Kurt also serves as an adjunct ESL instructor one day a week at a local university to support his vocation. The author has recently published three other books with AuthorHouse: silence in the city, a series of contemplative poems on the presence of God in all places; Songs for Children of Light: Ten Albums of Lyrics, a white on black conceptual work with simple drawings for each song; and Turn of the Jubilee Year: A Conversion Song, an autobiographical prose depiction of vocation search through pilgrimage to Medugorje and stays at a hermitage or two. He is currently preparing two other volumes for publication: YHWH: On the Divine NAME and The Cross, as well as a third – The Will to Love (and other writings of the Spirit).

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    Silence in the City - James H. Kurt

    © 2001, 2003 by James H. Kurt. All rights reserved.

    I Am… © 1995 by James H. Kurt. All rights reserved.

    No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval

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    ISBN: 1-4107-3562-1 (e-book)

    ISBN: 1-4107-3561-3 (Paperback)

    ISBN: 978-1-4107-3562-1 (ebook)

    IstBooks-rev. 10/20/03

    Contents

    I

    II

    III

    IV

    V

    VI

    VII

    I Am…

    4 YHWH

    Instill your silence

    in my heart, O Lord,

    despite the distractions

    of the world.

    6/21/01

    I

    I sit in the parking lot

    of a Laundromat on Summit Avenue;

    door ajar to let in air on this summer’s day,

    I read my Morning Prayer.

    Carts and cars wheel past,

    but there is

    silence in the city

    6/22(a)

    In the middle of the night

    I pray

    and read the Scriptures for the day.

    A siren

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