On the latest episode of the Editors podcast, I referenced some spiritual advice given by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Here is the excerpt, taken from a 1998 speech he gave to a group of students from his alma mater, Georgetown University:
I somehow got out of the habit of making retreats. The world crept in — which is what those of us who do not enter the seminary or the convent (and perhaps many of those who do) have to worry about. I have gotten back into the habit in the last ten years, and I recommend it to you. If you don’t have a weekend to spare once a year to think exclusively about the things that really matter — well, you haven’t planned your life correctly.