Into Great Noise

This post is a slight play on the words of the title of a movie that we ... ummm... I mean... *I* recently watched, Into Great Silence. My wife would have loved to have watched it with me, however, thanks to the many interruptions from our son John, she was only able to watch bits and pieces of it.


It is a truly fascinating documentary about the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in a remote corner of the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). This documentary demonstrates the power of contemplative prayer accompanied by silence. If you are interested, this movie just became available on Netflix, so I bet it is generally available elsewhere as well.

I joked with Katherine that she should film a documentary about the vocation of motherhood and the power of contemplative prayer accompanied by never ending noise. ... and she could call the documentary, Into Great Noise.

Really though I am in awe of the many daily sacrifices and redemptive sufferings bore by my wife through the laborious care of my son. I would stack her prayers up against these monks any day.