9 Verbum Silens (The Silent Word)

We now enter the stillness between sorrows—the sacred hush of Track 9: Verbum Silens (The Silent Word) on the album Lux Aeterna.

This is Holy Saturday in musical form. The Lamb has been slain. The body is in the tomb. Heaven seems silent. And yet… in this silence, the Word is not absent. He is hidden. Resting. Descending. This track is a musical contemplation of Christ’s silence—and its power. The Word speaks even when He is silent.

This is not yet resurrection. It is the moment before. A moment heavy with mystery, like the seed hidden in the ground (John 12:24). It should feel timeless, suspended, reverent—like a chapel with no candles lit.

With this song we strive to express the holy stillness of Holy Saturday—the pause where Christ seems silent, yet is at work in hidden depths.

Scriptural Themes:

• Lamentations 3:26 – “It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”
• John 12:24 – “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies…”
• 1 Peter 3:19 – “He went and preached to the spirits in prison…”
• Habakkuk 2:20 – “The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keep silence…”