We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with Him and Him alone. Only in the context of grace can we face our sin
 only in the place of healing do we dare to show our wounds
 only with a single-minded attention to Christ can we give up our clinging fears and face our own true nature. Solitude is a place where Christ remodels us in his own image and frees us from the victimizing compulsions of the world.