Before the Holy Silence Lord Jesus Christ, I stand before the holy icons, yet You stand before my heart. At the center of this little iconostasis You have placed not thunder, not spectacle, not movement, but Holy Silence. Not the silence of emptiness, but the silence that contains You. Not the silence of neglect, but the silence in which the soul is visited. Not the silence of death, but the silence from which resurrection begins. For years I thought You were delaying. I thou