The Gloominess of ‘Monk Mode’

When I leave the convent to pass on a fruit or two of my contemplation, I find that I often end up learning a new bit of contemporary vocabulary along the way. Usually these new words and phrases are things which everybody else has been using for at least five to seven years. I try not to discover them while actually in the middle of preaching, but this is not always possible. And that is how I recently came to learn the phrase “monk mode,” at the very same time as being asked if I had any thoughts on it.