Retreat offers us the grace to be ourselves in God's presence without self-consciousness, without masquerade.
Retreat provides the chance to be both physically and spiritually refreshed.
It is a blessed opportunity to spend time generously in the presence of God. In such a time, God helps us to empty ourselves of cares and anxieties, to be filled up with wisdom that restores us. You should make it because your heart demands it, because a definite yearning calls you to something better, something more. When there is no time to do it, that's when you most need to unclutter the calendar and go apart to pray. When the gridlock of your schedule relentlessly forbids it is the time you most need retreat.