This is the prayer: Accept things as they are. It was all meant to be.

Whatever comes next may be ugly. We all know this. But for reasons I can hardly explain, I felt buoyed up the morning after the election.

The only reaction that matters right now for most of us is spiritual. We need patience. We need to let the votes be counted.

Is there anything in St. Ignatius' spiritual practices that can offer to help us make it through the aftermath of the election? Yes.

Dr. Richard Gallagher is a board-certified psychiatrist, a leading expert in the field of exorcism and the author of Demonic Foes: My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal.

The purpose of crying out to the Lord in prayer is not to get used to suffering, but to remember that God, and not humankind, is the only source of salvation and consolation, Pope Francis said.