1. What is Healing???
Restoring what is lost

2. There are five areas we need healing in.
AREAS OF HEALING
There are five areas we need healing in.
Can you name them?

3. The Areas Are:
SPIRITUAL
EMOTIONAL
RELATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL
PHYSICAL

4. Which do you think is the most important area
and why???

5. : SPIRITUAL HEALING AREAS
1. You have been away from the Sacraments for a long time and need to return.
2. You always feel unworthy of God’s love.
3. You lack the desire to pray but you know you should.
4. You don’t always put God first in your life.
5. You’ve had a tragedy or loss or disappointment in your life, and you’re mad at God because He didn’t answer your prayer the way you wanted Him to.
6. You get angry easily and have a hard time forgiving others.
7. You feel abandoned by God a lot and feel you are in constant darkness.
8. You don’t trust in God.

6. CAN YOU NAME MORE REASONS?
Emotional Healing
1. You were abused as a child, verbally or physically, and it interferes with your ability to interact w/others.
2. You are hyper-sensitive. You react out of proportion to situations often.
3. You feel overwhelmed by almost everything.
4. You are facing a health challenge and are angry or afraid.
5. You lack a sense of peace in your life.
6. You always feel the need to be right or you get upset.
CAN YOU NAME MORE REASONS?

7. More on Emotional Healing
Emotions can inspire us or limit us. Joy, bliss and happiness are the opposite of anger, fear, and confusion.
Feelings are not sins. For instance, Anger is an emotion, not a sin. What can we ask the Lord to help us do with our anger ?
Happiness and joy are contagious and elevate everything we do. But why is it that joy is often the least experienced while fear, anger, confusion and unworthiness dominate?

8. What do I need to be healed from???
THINGS TO BE HEALED FROM:
1. Mood Swings
2. Bad flashbacks
3. Nightmares
4. Traumatic Experiences
5. Mistreatment from Others
6. Selfishness
7. Fears
8. Resentments
Wrongful EMOTIONS!
What do I need to be healed from???

9. In what ways, can we facilitate healing in relationships?
RELATIONAL HEALING
Lord, grant that I may not so much seek to be understood as to understand.
In what ways, can we facilitate healing in relationships?

10. RELATIONAL HEALING INVOLVES
1. FORGIVENESS!
(For it is in pardoning that we are pardoned!)
2. PRAYING FOR THE OTHER PERSON!
3. DOING AN ACT OF KINDNESS
& TREATING THEM W/RESPECT!

11. PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING
1. Depression
2. Hurtful or Painful Past Memories
3. Mental Illness
4. Wrong mindsets
5. Low self-esteem or self-worth
6. Bad habits

12. LORD, I NEED HEALING FROM !
PHYSICAL HEALING
LORD, I NEED HEALING FROM !
STRESS
SLEEPLESSNESS
ARTHRITIS
HEADACHES
PARALYSIS
BACKACHE
NERVOUSNESS
STOMACH AILMENTS
CANCER

13. THINGS THAT BLOCK HEALING
THINGS THAT HEAL
Unforgiveness
Anger
Selfishness
Unwillingness
Pride
Resentment
Disobedience
Forgiveness
Love
Selflessness
Willingness to apologize
Humility, Serving
Compassion
Sacraments
God’s Word – The Bible!

15. God’s Word
God’s Words in the Bible are our source of Life, since Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and God’s Word was made flesh for our salvation.
As Franciscans, we are called to go from Gospel to Life and Life to Gospel. This means we must truly know and live the Gospel message. We learn this through the study of scripture. Let us pray for enlightenment from the Holy Spirit, our Minister General, so we can lead others to Christ. Amen!