​​Here, all image-backed quotes from the Calendar will gradually display one after another so that you can follow their invitational narrative flow.
Pre-Advent Sunday

​​Joyce Rupp, Prayer (Orbis Books, 2007), 54.
Image: Ducminh Nguyen, unsplash.com/@demken​
1st December

​Bieke Vandekerckhove, The Taste of Silence: How I Came to be At Home with Myself (Liturgical Press, 2015), 138
Image: Diogo Nunes, Purtugal, unsplash.com/@dialex
2nd December

​James Finley, Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God (HarperCollins, 2005), 107.
Image: Katie Drazdauskeite, Colorado, USA, unsplash.com/@kotrad ​
3rd December

Joyce Rupp, Prayer (Orbis Books, 2007), 56.
Image: Rona Lao, Toronto, Canada, unsplash.com/@ronalao
4th December
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​Bieke Vandekerckhove, The Taste of Silence: How I Came to be At Home with Myself (Liturgical Press, 2015), 119.
Image: Tom Barrett, Miluwakee, Wisconsin, unsplash.com/@wistomsin
5th December

​Maggie Ross, Silence: A User’s Guide, Vol 1 (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2014), 11.
Image: Jon Tyson, New York,  unsplash.com/@jontyson
6th December

Peter Damian Belisle, The Language of Silence: The Changing Face of Monastic Solitude (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2003), 21.
Image: still from Philip Gröning’s film, Into Great Silence (2005).
7th December

​​Beverly Lanzetta, Radical Wisdom: A Feminist Mystical Theology (Fortress Press, 2005), 213.
Image: Pavel Lozovikov, unsplash.com/@photolozovikov
8th December

​Phileena Heuertz, Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation (IVP Books, 2018), 162.
Image: Anastasiya Badun, Los Angeles, USA, unsplash.com/@badun
9th December

​​James Finley, Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God (HarperCollins, 2005), 106.
Image: Nachelle Nocom, Chicago, unsplash.com/@nachellenocom
10th December

​Maggie Ross, Silence: A User’s Guide, Vol 1 (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2014), 25.
Image: Prateek Gautam, unsplash.com/@pgauit ​
11th December
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Joyce Rupp, Prayer (Orbis Books, 2007), 85.
Image: Jean Wimmerlin, Swizerland, unsplash.com/@jwimmerli
12th December

​Phileena Heuertz, Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation (IVP Books, 2018), 160.
Image: Sasha Freemind, London, UK, unsplash.com/@sashafreemind
13th December
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Peter Damian Belisle, The Language of Silence: The Changing Face of Monastic Solitude (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2003), 18.
Image: gar13 on Freepik.com
14th December

David Steindl-Rast, The Way of Silence: Engaging the Sacred in Daily Life (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2018), 122.
Image: Daniel Thürler, Switzerland, unsplash.com/@drivemyart ​
15th December
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Alexander Ryrie, Wonderful Exchange: An Exploration of Silent Prayer (Paulist Press, 2003), 6.
Image: Johnny Cohen, unsplash.com/@jonecohen
16th December
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Peter Damian Belisle, The Language of Silence: The Changing Face of Monastic Solitude (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2003), 19.
Image: benzoix on Freepik.com
17th December
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​Beverly Lanzetta, Radical Wisdom: A Feminist Mystical Theology (Fortress Press, 2005), 169.
Image: Arun Anoop, Kerala, India, unsplash.com/@arunanoop
18th December
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​Bieke Vandekerckhove, The Taste of Silence: How I Came to be At Home with Myself (Liturgical Press, 2015), 86
Lake Cauldron: Vlad Shapochnikov, Amsterdam, unsplash.com/@vladshap
19th December
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​​James Finley, Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God (HarperCollins, 2005), 105.
Image: Nareeta Martin, unsplash.com/@splashabout
20th December

David Steindl-Rast, The Way of Silence: Engaging the Sacred in Daily Life (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2018), 33.
Image: Keegan Houser, unsplash.com/@khouser01 ​
21st December
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​Beverly Lanzetta, Radical Wisdom: A Feminist Mystical Theology (Fortress Press, 2005), 32.
Image: Daniel Seßler, Munich, unsplash.com/@danielsessler
22nd December

​​James Finley, Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God (HarperCollins, 2005), 107.
Image: Branimir Balogović Croatia, unsplash.com/@brandaohh 
23rd December
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​Phileena Heuertz, Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation (IVP Books, 2018), 144.
Image: James Krovin, Russia, unsplash.com/@james2k
24th December
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Alexander Ryrie, Wonderful Exchange: An Exploration of Silent Prayer (Paulist Press, 2003), 75.
Image: Milada Vigerova, Tenerife, unsplash.com/@milada_vigerova
Christmas Day
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​Laurence Freeman, First Sight: The Experience of Faith (London: Continuum Books, 2011), 134.
​Image: Casey Horner, California, unsplash.com/@mischeivous _penguins
​New Year's Day

​Joyce Rupp, Prayer (Orbis Books, 2007), 115.
Image: Yuziki Wang, Melbourne, Australia, unsplash.com/@yuzikiwww
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