Answered Prayers for Mental Health and Recovery

Finding Peace During an Anxiety Disorder

Anya, Brattleboro · May 1, 2025

This is the sender’s own account, sent to us after their prayer was carried in. It is not a promise that the same will happen for anyone else.

Dear Fr. Marco, I wrote to you last month asking you to carry my prayer for peace during my recovery from an anxiety disorder. The last year has been very difficult, and I felt so alone. Sending my prayer to you felt like I was asking for a small anchor in the storm. Since my prayer was with you in St. Peter's, I have felt a gradual but real shift. The panic attacks have become less frequent, and I have found the strength to speak with a counselor. There are still difficult days, of course, but I feel a sense of calm that I haven't known in a long time. It is as if a heavy blanket has been lifted just enough for me to breathe. Thank you to you and your team for this quiet service. It meant more than I can say.

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