…this gift of Pentecost was diversified according as it was given to the Virgin Mary or to the Apostles, Mary received it and dwelt in the silence of love.  The Apostles received it, left the Cenacle, and began to speak.  This unique gift takes, then, two different directions: it forms some to speak and others to be silent.  It is love that impels the contemplative soul to keep silence, it is love that impels the Apostle to leave his contemplation, to be obedient unto death, to give the Gospel message to others.  –Thomas Philippe ‘The Fire of Contemplation’