What a contrast there was between the disciples who had Our Lord, and those people who were content with, and a little proud of, the man possessed with devils! In their fear of losing more they could not realise what they had to gain by having Our Lord with them. To them he was a disturber of the peace, yet peace was the very thing they did not have and which he could give them; whereas the disciples who lived with Our Lord had an inward spiritual peace which those people never knew. So it is that no one can find peace of soul – which is something deeper than peace of mind – all the time that he or she is unwilling to give Our Lord a home and, as a necessary preliminary, to have done with everything that keeps him out.

As St Augustine found after his conversion, “…thou hast made us for thyself and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in thee”. (1)

Reference

1. St Augustine (354-430) Confessions, Book 1, Chapter 1. Available from: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine/confessions.iv.html (Accessed 16 June 2016) (Internet).