| Max Picard argues that silence is the source of the word. The word that does not come from silence equals noise. A true word, or meaningful speech, springs from silence. Raimon Panikkar and Aloysius Pieris contend that silence is a characteristic of God. God's Silence is spoken through the word, expressed through the language body and blood, the person of Jesus Christ. Christian evangelization is prophetic. It responds to human suffering, following the dynamism of Silence and Word, of life-death-ressurection. Christian evangelizationis not merely about delivering the Word of God, but also about returning to its origin, the Silence of God. |