And now I feel nothing. A desert is an arid place with no water or place of refreshment. Spiritual aridity is more than the lack of all sensible and spiritual consolations. In spiritual aridity, prayer grows wearisome, irksome, endless. Faith and trust seem dormant.
Aridity is painful.
However, it is one of God's ways of detaching us from all created things, including joy in our devotion, so that we may learn to love God for His sake alone. Aridity becomes a building block of our spiritual edifice when it teaches us humility. We realize that we cannot earn nor do we deserve God's consolations which are His freely given gifts. Aridity fosters virtue which we must embrace by acts of our will. Ask Our Lady, the saints, and your guardian angel to pray for you and with you.