AI OVERVIEW: Silence is essential to spiritual hearing, evident in Jesus withdrawing to pray despite constant demands and Elijah’s encounter with God in a whisper after the storm of wind, earthquake, and fire. In a culture saturated with noise, the speaker warns of a silence famine and urges twenty minutes a day of silent solitary prayer, insisting the busier one is, the more needed. A concrete practice is silent driving—being alone in the car without music or podcasts so one can be present to Jesus in the quiet, training the mind to embrace silence until it becomes a natural part of life.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: Fr. Nagel's homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
