In the Bible we read that God's words of love were proclaimed zealously by the prophets of the Old Testament, and foremost among God's messengers was Elijah.Elijah, the prophet of Carmel, was a man of prayer and action who experienced God's word in the sound of silence. Listen contemplatively to God' word in the Bible and in the silence of our hearts. In this beautiful set of reflections the prophet Elijah is presented to us in the light of Christian faith by Joseph Chalmers. As prior general of the Carmelites (1995-2007), a religious order which draws particular inspiration from Elijah, Chalmers has shared with people across the world his experience of how God speaks words of love today.Drawing on the ancient traditions underlying the practices of Lectio divina and Centering Prayer, Father Joseph shares with us how to listen contemplatively to God's word in the Bible and in the silence of our hearts.