In this world things come and go,so that the whole may be complete.“Do I ever go away anywhere?”says the Word of God.Make your home in him.Surrender to him all that you have, my soul, for all comes from him.You are weary of your futile searching.Surrender to the Truthwhatever truth you hold,and you will lose nothing. What is withered in you will flower again.Your sickness will be healed.What is fading will be made fresh again.What is unsteadywill be made firm and strong.And all that is weak in youwill not drag you to the grave,But your wholeness will abide,binding you to God,who remains strong and abidesforever.St Augustine in Confessions translated by Benignus O’Rourke OSA (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2013) What are we trying to do? We are trying to get to Heaven, all o