I guess if we're not filling our lives with distractions- and there are plenty of those around- in these strange times, we may well be facing some of our demons. In the possible emptiness, or boredom, or quiet of this time of retreat, into a smaller, domestic world, that which has remained hidden, or not dealt with, or suppressed, in the frantic busy-ness of life before Covid19, may be coming to the surface. No wonder mental health is mentioned with such frequency.
But it's not just mental health. This retreated world, this more enclosed world has about it the limitations of a monastery, a cloister, a convent. And demons- but let's just call them 'issues', or 'unresolved tensions' -are not just mental ones; they might be spiritual. But what an opportunity now to welcome them into consciousness, befriend them, find them to be ministering angels, and not demons at all.!
Old remedies, time-proved, trusted stalwarts have stood the test over the centuries to offer the best consolation, healing, release. Prayer, confession, truth, the sacraments, listening to God, a sympathetic listening ear; all these have their place. None is a quick-fix. But together they offer a road to a freer, deeper life in God, less burdened, more in tune with the grain of the universe, the grain of God.
May those who are sensing a surfacing of holy discomfort find the needful insight, fortitude, grace, light, and balm to move into a sunnier soul-place.
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