What Happens When Divine Mercy and Psychotherapy Meet?
Consider this: Christ told the great prophet of Divine Mercy, St. Maria Faustina, in one of a series of revelations in the 1930s, “Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy” (Diary of St. Faustina, 300). Now consider this: The revelations of St. Faustina occurred at a time when mankind was just beginning to focus on psychological brokenness. Now imagine this: What if Divine Mercy and the field of psychotherapy became partners in healing the world? This isn’t a pipe dream, or the wishful thinking of a bunch of Divine Mercy devotees who are allowing the beauty of the Eternal City or the richness of the Catholic Faith to cloud their good judgment during a five-day congress on mercy. This is actually happening. Today. Right now. Take it from a Friar, who’s also a psychologist, who’s also a member of the American Psychological Association. On Day 2 of the World Apostolic Congress on Mercy in Rome, Fr. Benedict Groeschel,CFR, dropped a proverbial bomb, in a talk title
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