Healing Service

Last night, the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth from the Diocese of Scranton, PA came to campus and did a healing service along with Fr. Rick. It was so beautiful. It started off with Eucharistic Adoration (my favorite thing EVER!) and then one of the sisters gave a talk about healing. I definitely teared up a few times during her talk. Then she said that to get the healing we desire, we must come to God with a humble heart. The reason we kneel is to be in a humble position. It's a lot harder to protect yourself if you're kneeling. So Fr. Rick was sitting in the sanctuary, in front of the Blessed Sacrament, which I must say was so awesome to see Christ and his servant sitting before Him. So when it was my turn to go up to be prayed over by Fr. Rick, I knelt before him and told him that I needed healing from all the emotional wounds cutting has left. He then whispered in my ear, "Catherine, God loves you and wants to heal you. So let Him." So Fr. Rick prayed an amazing prayer over me and I began to cry. I knew I had to "Let Go and Let God." So then I went up to the altar to touch the garment touching the Eucharist. As I knelt there before my Savior, my heart began to pound. It was so crazy! The Blessed Sacrament was just so beautiful!! I prayed for a minute and I said, "Lord, you are SO good. I've felt your healing before and that's what I need more than anything. Please, heal my heart." I went back to my pew and just sat there, lost in the presence of the Eucharist. Then my friend Travis walked in with my roommate. They both sat on my right side. Travis put his hand on my shoulder and started praying. Then, out of the blue, my friend Linda comes and whispers in my ear, "Catherine, you're beautiful and God is so very proud of you. He loves you more than anything." I started crying even harder because I know those weren't Linda's words...they were God's. It was so amazing. Then my roommate came and sat on my left side and started praying over me as well. Last night was just so amazing.

I don't know what I've done to deserve the friendship of the amazing people here at Franciscan. I have been so blessed, like I still sometimes can't believe it. MY friends here are so amazing and I don't know how I ever lived without them...I guess, technically I never did. My life sucked before I got here. Now that I have such an amazing support system, I've got my life back.

"A friend is one who strengthens you with prayers, blesses you with love, and encourages you with hope." -Anonymous