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((Short description|Feeling of spiritual desolation))
In [[Catholic spirituality]], '''spiritual dryness''' or '''desolation''' is a lack of spiritual consolation in one's spiritual life. It is a form of spiritual crisis experienced subjectively as a sense of separation from God or lack of spiritual feeling, especially during [[contemplative prayer]]. It is thought((by whom|date=August 2019)) that spiritual dryness can lead to greater love of God.<ref name="cathency">((CathEncy |author= Augustin Poulain |title= Mystical Theology |id= 14621a ))</ref>

==Catholicism==

The ''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'' (CCC) describes spiritual dryness as a difficulty sometimes experienced in one's prayer life, which may lead to discouragement. Dryness can expose a lack of "rootedness" in the faith, but also provides an opportunity to cling more strongly to God. The CCC makes reference to the seed that fell on the rocks in [[Parable of the Sower]], as well as to the [[The Grain of Wheat|Grain of Wheat]] allegory found in the [[Gospel of John]].<ref name="ccc2731">[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P9Q.HTM Catechism of the Catholic Church], paragraph 2731</ref> The ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' calls it a form of "passive purification," the fruit of which is "the purification of love, until the soul is so inflamed with love of God that it feels as if wounded and languishes with the desire to love Him still more intensely."<ref name="cathency"/>

The theme of spiritual dryness can be found in the [[Book of Job]], the [[Psalms]], the experiences of the [[Elijah#Mount Horeb|Prophets]], and many passages of the [[New Testament]], as illustrated above.<ref>
((cite web | title = The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Ch 4 : The Passive Purification of the Senses and the Entrance into the Illuminative Way | author=Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, OP |author-link=Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
|publisher= Catholic Spiritual Teaching | url = http://www.christianperfection.info/tta53.php | access-date = 2014-07-22 ))</ref>

== Judaism ==
The Nefesh Hachaim deals with this issue, as do the Hassic and Mussar movements. Books that write about it include Chovas Hatalmidim
((Citations needed|date=July 2022))

==Description by saints==
A number of Catholic [[saint]]s have written about their experiences of spiritual dryness. In the 16th century, [[Saint John of the Cross]] famously described it as "the [[Dark Night of the Soul]]". The 17th-century [[Benedictine]] mystic Fr. [[Augustine Baker]] called it the "great desolation".<ref name="cathency"/> [[Mother Teresa#Spiritual life|Mother Teresa's]] diaries show that she experienced spiritual dryness for most of her life.<ref>Scott, D., [https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/faith-and-character/mother-teresas-long-dark-night.html Mother Teresa's Long Dark Night], Catholic Education Resource Centre, 2013, accessed 18 August 2018</ref>

==See also==
* [[Mystical theology]]
* [[State (theology)]]

==References==
((reflist))

[[Category:Catholic spirituality]]
[[Category:Christian prayer]]
[[Category:Practical theology]]

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