Answered Prayers for Mental Health and Recovery
Peace Returned After a Long Darkness
Marlena, Bellingham · August 18, 2020
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 year asking you to carry a prayer for my mind, for my recovery from a depression that had lasted so long I had forgotten what quiet felt like. I sent the card for myself, and when the photograph came, I put it on my windowsill. It was just a small thing, but it felt like a tiny anchor. In the months since, step by slow step, the heavy fog has lifted. I am sleeping through the night. I can sit in silence without fear. The medication is working now in a way it didn't before. I don't know how to explain it, except that a space for grace opened. Thank you for your kindness, and to your team for carrying my words to that holy place. With gratitude,
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