Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter, DESIDERIO DESIDERAVI, wrote on the importance of Silence in the Eucharistic Celebration.

He wrote: Among the ritual acts that belong to the whole assembly, silence occupies a place of absolute importance. Liturgical silence is a symbol of the presence and action of the Holy Spirit who animates the entire action of the celebration. Because silence is a symbol of the Spirit, it has the power to express the Spirit’s multifaceted action. It awakens a readiness to hear the Word and awakens prayer. It disposes us to adore the Body and Blood of Christ. It suggests to each one, in the intimacy of communion, what the Spirit would effect in our lives to conform us to the Bread broken. For all these reasons we are called to enact with extreme care the symbolic gesture of silence.