Catholic hope for those with depression and other anxiety disorders.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Guild of Saint Benedict Labre
Surfing in the internet I found the Guild of Saint Benedict Labre. Wonderful group! I have not signed up as a member but I am planning on doing it. They commissioned an icon for the Guild that is simply beautiful. The explanation of the icon is wonderful! Enjoy!
I am no therapist or spiritual director. I am just sharing what has been helpful in my own walk. Take and leave whatever you want.
Also, when talking about a Saint's experience with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, panick attacks or depression it is definitly not my intention to undermine the mystical experiences of the Saints. Whether their experiences were signs of mental illnesses or of a spiritual attack we might never know. Yet whatever they were the Saints lived through those experiences with unwavering Faith, Hope and Love. Their experiences are similar to that of people struggling with mental illnesses yet not the same. Still I believe we can live through them with the same Heroic Virtue.
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Wow! That's really cool!! Thanks for posting that!
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