We are what we do with our silence

When the world tells us
We are what we do
With our activity, acumen or achievement;
Let us learn
We are what we do with our silence.

When the world tells us
We are what we do with
Our spending power or our power of speech;
Let us learn
We are what we do with our silence.

When the world tells us
To drown the silent sufferings of others
With indifference or noise
Or forget the art of stillness even in the storm;
Let us learn
We are what we do with our silence.

When the world tells us
To rush in where angels fear to tread;
Let us learn
That angels listen first
Before they take a step
For the voice of God is in the silence.

Trying to trace source – appeared in a church magazine without a credit.