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“The Most Holy Virgin, in these last times in which we live, has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, temporal or especially spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families, of the families of the world or of the religious communities, or even of the life of peoples and nations, that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary. With the Holy Rosary, we will save ourselves. We will sanctify ourselves. We will console Our Lord and obtain the salvation of many souls."
Sister Lucia (seer at Fatima) to Father Fuentes, 1957
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By Maria Camejo
Recently I had a client in my office who after revealing a mortal sin to me felt she did not need to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. She felt relieved and had unburdened herself by sharing her actions with me. I explained that she needed to receive the Lords forgiveness and graces. She seemed baffled and did not understand why she would have to repeat all of it to someone she did not know. How sad for the one who was waiting to receive her confession is the one who knows her better than herself…Jesus Himself.
Catholic therapists are indeed valuable on the road to health, and depending on the emotional struggle they are sometimes indispensible. Sharing your experience with a trained professional is helpful. But the Sacrament of Reconciliation offers a particular encounter with God and with ourselves that cannot be duplicated elsewhere.
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 Psychotherapy is the process in which we seek (or should seek) the truth…about who we are, where we’ve been and why we do the things we do. It is also a process in which we seek healing of the emotional and psychological wounds we have suffered.
Catholic therapists believe that the Truth is not just a something, but a Someone: Jesus…the Way, the Truth and the Life. In order to effect healing, Jesus must be our Model as well as our Means, as only God can ultimately heal the wounds of the heart, mind and soul. We, as therapists, are merely His instruments.
Since psychotherapy deals not only with the mind, but with the heart and soul of a person, the philosophy and beliefs of the therapist can have a profound effect on the therapeutic process and its outcome.
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"Remain in me as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on it own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him, will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing." - John 15:4-5