"..The ache of loneliness has haunted human beings from the time of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden. It has become particularly acute in modern societies where individualism is rampant and where the acquisition of things is exalted. In these situations, to have and to control are held as more important than to be and to sacrifice...Loneliness cannot be overcome by focusing on self, fretting over one’s own needs or catering to desires for power or pleasure. The prospect of happiness moves farther away if attention is fixed on oneself and one’s possessions... The antidote to loneliness lies in stretching beyond our own little world and reaching out in faith to the living God..."
“You made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” (Saint Augustine)
Part One of Bishop Olmsted's series on the Eucharist - "ANTIDOTE to LONELINESS"
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