This week, Jake and Bob share ideas on how to foster a healthy parish community. They not only reflect on the challenges of developing true community within a parish but also ponder how healthy parish life revolves around our personal healing and freedom. Through the use of multiple personal examples, Jake and Bob also explore the importance of the Sacraments, the role of forgiveness, and how love and fear bonds affect our relationships with God and those around us.

Key Points:

• Building community in small groups and then coming together for Mass on Sunday is one way to begin fostering community
• The Pastor of a parish has the important role of spiritual father and can foster community and connection by his example
• Many people may feel unsafe to build community in their parishes due to past wounds and judgements
• Fear and love bonds not only affect our relationships with others but also with God
• Fear bonds are formed from wounds and can lead to anxiety or avoidance in relationships
• Love bonds are built on trust and intimacy
• Sin and unresolved issues can affect the health of a parish community
• Judgement and Rigidity can hinder community growth
• Healing our own woundedness on an individual level contributes to a more vibrant community on the parish level

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This week, Jake and Bob discuss intergenerational healing, taking into account recent pastoral advice from Bishops around the world. Intergenerational healing involves understanding how wounds and sins from previous generations can affect individuals in the present. Jake and Bob not only reflect on the Bishops’ letters, which express concern regarding the practice of intergenerational healing, but also share personal experiences of miraculous healings that occurred after addressing generational issues in prayer.

Key Points:

• The Church teaches that while individuals are not guilty for the sins of their ancestors, they can still be affected by the consequences of those sins
• Intergenerational healing involves understanding how the wounds and sins from previous generations can affect individuals in the present
• A genogram is a tool for mapping family history and identifying patterns of sin and dysfunction
• Baptism wipes away the guilt of sin but the effects of sin may still remain
• Healing your wounds and forgiving those who have hurt you can have a profound impact on the lives of your loved ones

Resources:

• Spanish Letter (this letter is in Spanish and you will need to translate it)
• Please note: In this episode, Jake and Bob mention other letters in addition to the Spanish letter linked above. They were given access to an unreleased document from the USCCB that is currently unavailable to the public. We are unfortunately not able to link them here at this time.

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This week, Jake and Bob welcome back Dr. Christin McIntyre, a Thomistic psychiatrist, to discuss the concept of personality disorders. They begin by defining what a personality disorder is and explore how modern culture and social norms can influence and twist this definition. Then, they discuss the interplay between inherited traits, early life experiences, and individual choices in shaping one’s personality. Through the analogy of a sailboat, Dr. Christin also shares how the intellect, will, and emotions are all interconnected and why navigating the waters of healing not only involves the formation of the intellect but also the conforming of our will to God’s.

Key Points:

• A personality disorder is identified by a pervasive pattern of experience and behavior that is abnormal with respect to any two of the following: thinking, mood, personal relations, impulse control (from Dr. Cristina Lynch)
• Individuals with personality disorders have much hope for change
• Inner healing is an important aspect of addressing personality disorders
• Inherited traits, early life experiences, and individual choices all contribute to the development of a personality disorder
• Healing involves the formation of the intellect and conforming of your will to God
• Healing is a continuous process, not a one-time event
• Virtue is essential for true healing and involves habitual good choices
  
  

Resources:

• Thomistic Institute of Psychology

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