Mary's and Joseph's Silence

Joseph shared Mary's silence, just as he shared her secret; he to whom the angel had told such great things, and who had seen the miracle of the virginal birth. Neither one of them spoke about what they saw every day in their home nor did they draw any benefit from such wonders. As humble as she was wise, Mary let herself be seen as an ordinary mother and her Son as the result of a normal marriage. The great things that God operates in His creatures naturally inspire silence, inner rapture, something divine that suppresses all expression. For what could one say, what could Mary say, which could match what she felt? Thus one keeps God's secret under a seal, excepting when He inspires one's speech and encourages one to talk. Human advantages have nothing to do with it, if they are unknown and unappreciated by this world. What God does has in itself an inestimable price that one desires to savor with Him alone.