“Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.”

                                       -St. John Chrysostom

For Reflection:

Am I worried, downhearted, unhappy or despondent? While there could be other reasons, is it possible that my emotional disposition is related to a lack of prayer? How have these words of St. John Chyrsostom proven true at other times in my life? What resolution does this lead me to make?

Page 17  While sound psychiatry and psychology have valid contributions to make toward the healing of human woundedness in the forms of neuroses and psychoses, they do not, and cannot, offer adequate treatment for a host of problems rooted in religious apathy and moral aberrations.  And it should be obvious that by definition they can lead no one to full sanctity.