This paper builds on the Shanks' recent theological reconsideration of Patočka's thought (Apocalyptic Patience, Bloomsbury 2024). Where Patočka identified the transformative power of confronting finitude in the front-line experience, Shanks discovers a theological paradigm that illuminates how communities are formed through shared experiences of radical questioning and divine absence. This theological reading of Patočka provides new insights into how silence functions as both a crisis of meaning and a potential source of profound solidarity. We bring this analysis into dialogue with Falque's work on finitude, particularly his examination of Christ's experience in Gethsemane as presented in "Guide to Gethsemane" and "The Metamorphosis of Finitude." Falque's phenomenological approach to Christ's encounter with divine silence offers a unique perspective on how human finitude intersects with divine absence. His interpretation of Gethsemane as a paradigmatic moment where human experience of God's silence becomes universally accessible helps us understand how apocalyptic silence can function as a bridge between human and divine experience. By weaving together these theological perspectives, we develop a new understanding of apocalyptic silence as a phenomenon that transcends mere absence or negation. Instead, we argue that such silence, whether experienced as divine withdrawal or human response, creates a unique form of theological knowledge and community. This approach allows us to reframe contemporary experiences of God's silence not as obstacles to faith but as potential sites of theological insight and communal transformation.