Monday, October 6, 2025

The Hermit Vanishing



If I slipped away into the wilderness and spoke no more,

let it be a sign that I have turned wholly toward You, O Lord.

Let my absence from the noise of the world be my final prayer.


May they know, not by my words but by my silence,

that I have sought a solitude where only Your voice is heard.

Let my vanishing be a testimony that there is a love so all-consuming that it draws a soul beyond every earthly shore.


No farewell is needed, no proclamation made.

Simply let me slip like a shadow into the arms of the Divine,

so that when they speak of me, they will whisper only of a soul consumed by the hiddenness of God.


For in vanishing, I am found.

In silence, I am heard.

In leaving all behind, I have run into the heart of the Beloved who is all in all.

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