In his book, The Power of Healing Prayer: Overcoming Emotional and Psychological Blocks, Father Richard McAlear, O.M.I., provides a Christ centered, scriptural, and holistic approach to the ministry of healing that every church and parish can initiate and develop into an ongoing charism for Christ.
I learned about Inner Healing in Chapter Five, Getting Free of Guilt in Chapter Eight, Healing Hidden Hurts in Chapter 13, more about the Mystery of Suffering in Chapter 16, and the Prayer of Faith in Chapter 17. These are just a few topics that were particularly important to me. If you have read a bit of my profile, you know that I have migraines a lot and have gone through a ton of changes in the last through years. I have a lot of misplaced guilt around that which I'm working through to get to a place of healing and I will be incorporating more prayer into the process along with the other exercises I'm doing.
I will be referring to this book again and again. It has earned a permanent place on my bookshelf. Thanks goes to the Catholic Company for providing the book for free in exchange for an honest opinion. I was going to give the book a 4/5 only because some of the teachings are hard for me to put into practice in my life right now. But, that is about me and not the book, so I gave the book 5/5 stars for readability, challenging precepts, and for Father McAlear's warm writing voice.
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