translated by Craig L. Nessan
p. 31 of Who is Christ for us? (FORTRESS, 1993)
Insofar as the church proclaims
Christ, it must fall down
in worshipful silence before
the unspeakable. God's Word
is unspeakable. Speaking of
Christ originates in silence.
Silence about Christ is the
ground of speech.
This is what is means to make an
obedient response to
the revelation of God
that occurs in the Word.
The speaking of the church
through the silence is the
proper proclamation
of Christ.
Prayer requires both silence
and crying out at the same
time, both in the presence
of God in response
to God's Word.
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