[Gerish]

"How many people in difficulties seek the support and consolation of Christ!" Benedict XVI added. "How many penitents find the peace and joy in confession that they have been pursuing for a long time!

Good point. I personally know 2-3 people who have difficulties in life and instead reach for a pill or spend time with a therapist. The sickness they feel of the mind is simply a sickness of their soul.

[NYer]

I personally know 2-3 people who have difficulties in life and instead reach for a pill or spend time with a therapist. The sickness they feel of the mind is simply a sickness of their soul.

So true! Our Lord said: "Come to me all who labor and are heavy burdened and I will give you peace". Meanwhile, society's message is "Come to me all who are lonely and depressed and I will give you drugs". We are perhaps the most drugged society in the world, beginning with pre-k kids on ritalyn, right up to pumping high doses of morphine into the terminally ill. Pray for these victims!

[technochick99]

And then there are those of us who do all 3!