The Eleventh Degree: RB 7. 60–1
08/February/2008 Filed in:
JottingsToday's section of the Rule could be entitled "The Proper Uses of Speech and Communication". How often do we use words — spoken or written — to score points off each other, to mock, ridicule or otherwise belittle? How often do we raise our voices — literally or figuratively — or blunder on, regardless of the other's feelings? How often do we simply make a noise, "the sound and the fury signifying nothing"? That is especially true, perhaps, of words used in emails or blogs (yes, just like this one!) or internet chat rooms. A good Lenten discipline might be to consider whether we have anything worth saying, then think twice before saying it. In other words, turn the volume down but the content up.