Mar 7, 2022
"Emotional First Aid" is a Spiritual Work of Mercy? That's what Fr. Chuck discovered, reflecting on this Sunday's Gospel about Jesus' 40 days in the desert. Listen now to benefit from Fr. Chuck's discovery. You'll learn vital lessons he got from Portland's Trauma Intervention Program on how to best comfort the sorrowful—a Spiritual Work of Mercy—instead of afflicting them with guilt over feeling sorrowful. And you'll learn a bit about "Emotional First Aid" itself.
This bonus episode is Fr. Chuck's homily from the parallel Sunday of Lent in 2016. It's courtesy of Our Lady of the Lake Church, Lake Oswego, OR. Fr. Chuck served as Parochial Vicar there from 2012 to 2016. (St. Wenceslaus Church had no homily March 5 & 6; instead, we watched the Archbishop's Catholic Appeal 2022 video.)
First Sunday of Lent, March 6, 2022; Fr. Charles "Chuck" Wood; readings: Deut 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13