Yesterday, many were talking about one of the latest posts by popular author and blogger Rod Dreher. In this courageous piece, Dreher reveals how pastoral care and counsel, therapy, medication for a physical ailment, and (of all things) Dante’s Divine Comedy have all wrought a great change in him. But it’s more than that. It would seem that, through various people in their vocations and throughout life’s winding pilgrim way, Christ has done the work of the Good Physician in Rod’s life. He writes,
Read Full Article »This happened a lot. And without me quite realizing what was going on, God re-ordered my heart. It was confession, it was prayer, it was the liturgy, it was vespers, it was talking with my therapist, and it was, of course, reading Dante. One day I’ll write more about exactly how this came about; it’s why I am so on fire to talk to you readers about how Dante can save your life. Anyway, the point is, one day I woke up and knew that God the Father loved me. After that, everything fell into place. I could see clearly. The fear, the anxiety, the despair — all gone. And so was the chronic fatigue.
