Sometimes we just need sleep

This question cropped up today.

I once was on a retreat when a bishop gave people permission to go to sleep. Five minutes later, in the front row, dead centre, one priest happily obliged. The bishop had to raise his voice above the snoring!

Sometimes we just need to rest. As Ruth put it in a video I was watching, stopping and calming is essential to the biblical call to rest. Rest often means catching up on sleep.