Say a prayer for one of my parishioners who phoned me yesterday to say that she had, "set fire to her arm". This is the latest in a history 0f self harm.
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Prayers offered Father.
Prayer said. I hope she has a good psychotherapist.
I have to admit I used to find working with people who self harmed really hard going-but if they did find healing, it was incredibly rewarding; like watching a butterfly emerge from a warped and damaged chrysalis.
Does that sound stupidly sentimental? It's just that it really was like that.
God bless her.
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