A world which pushes God out of its intellectual, artistic, social, political, and ethical life is a world which is resisting one of the most natural instincts within the human heart. I think his term is the corret one to use for what ails our society at large. It has God-ache because it is trying to live apart from its Creator and Redeemer. Things can be better only as more people turn back to God in faith. This holy man related life, joy, and pleasures to God.
Today there is very little life, joy, and pleasure in our world.
The problem is that our world has turned away from God. Surely it is not coincidental that the suicide rate is rising. A world without God is hardly worth the trouble of living in it. God is really not far from any one of us. He shows himself to us through his creation.