SPIRITUAL RETREATS ARE PURPOSEFULLY ORGANIZED REFUGES, WHERE THE DAILY RHYTHM IS SLOWED DOWN, AND THEY LEAD TO PRAYER. ON THE OTHER HAND, A SPIRITUAL RETREAT WHERE ONE LISTENS TO CASSETTES OF RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOURISM TO BE STIMULATED AND TO GET AN ANSWER IS USELESS, IT DOES NOT APPEASE THE SOUL. THE ENCOUNTER WITH GOD MUST COME FROM WITHIN. I MUST COME BEFORE GOD AND, HELPED BY THE WORD, PROGRESS IN WHAT HE WANTS. THE HEART OF ALL THIS IS PRAYER, AND IT IS ONE OF THE BRIDGES THAT, IN MY OPINION, MUST BE APPROACHED WITH MORE COURAGE