In this post, in the "Confession and God's Forgiveness" section, I wrote about something which was revealed to me during Adoration at NCYC. I took that to Reconciliation today with my Spiritual Director, and I feel like a cancer has been removed from inside of me. Now there's just this sort of dull throb where the cancer used to be, and tremendous fatigue-- because I feel like now maybe I can rest, after decades.

I think I can finally heal now, thanks to God's grace.

I've noticed that God's healing works in this way for me: it's not usually-- with one exception I can think of-- like a bright light shines down on me, and I experience this instantaneous, singular, transformational, euphoric moment. Rather, it's more like I notice, over a period of weeks or even months, that my outlook has changed: that on reflection, I'm able to do things or feel a certain way or help people in some new manner, in which I wasn't able to before.

I think the removal of this cancer within me will unblock a lot of spiritual growth, so that I can better serve others.

In totally unrelated news, I watched part of "Roma-Napoli" earlier this afternoon. Announcer 1: "Napoli are now bringing on six-seven striker, Lorenzo Lucca." Announcer 2: "How tall is he?" Announcer 1, totally not getting it: "Six-seven." Announcer 2: "Ahhh."