silent amid agitation...

"It is true that the voice of God,

having once fully penetrated the heart,

becomes strong as the tempest and loud as the thunder.

But before reaching the
heart it is as weak as a light breath which scarcely agitates the air.

It
shrinks from noise, and is silent amid agitation."



St. Ignatius of Loyola
in Carol Kelly-Gangi
_The Essential Wisdom of the Saints_
NY: Fall River Press, 2008, p. 3