“empty edifices”
You go to Frederick, Maryland, to the Visitation Monastery. Spend a few moments in the sitting room calming yourself, praying, and getting in a contemplative frame of mind.
Then walk into the Chapel.
If at that moment you think you are in an “empty edifice,” ya ain’t got a spiritual bone in yer body.
It's possible to do that here at a keyboard; behind the wheel of a car stuck in traffic as well; it's always available to us if we allow it.