The summer afforded me several opportunities to see the sea. Two new Grief to Grace sites, in Perth and on the Côte d’Azur, were near the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean respectively, and I managed some moments of great peace in the midst of intense work. It was soothing and conducive to prayer to walk by the sea and hear, in Matthew Arnold’s words, the eternal “begin and cease” of the tides, letting the rhythm calm and soothe. Studies have shown what the ancients knew anyway: that there are health benefits from being by the sea. Mood-enhancing serotonin levels in the brain improve. The sea is nature’s own medicine for stress, depression or loss.