PATIENCE"Sometimes all we can do is to be in that dark place, and wait for Easter. Much of Christianity is a discipline in waiting, waiting in Advent for Christmas, waiting on Holy Saturday for Easter, waiting after Ascension for Pentecost.
God asks some people to wait long in the dark. We have discovered recently that Mother Teresa of Calcutta was plunged into aridity for decades. St. Teresa of Avila endured the dark night for much of her life, as did St. Therese of Lisieux. It seem to be dangerous to be called Teresa!
I must confess that I have never been fully plunged into the dark night of the soul, more like the occasional grey evening. Maybe God keeps it for his stronger friends."
--Timothy Radcliffe, OP
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