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Catholic OCD: St. Thomas Aquinas, One More Question (The Management Minute)

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Catholic OCD: Misplaced Loyalty (The Management Minute)

10:47

Catholic OCD: The Necessity of Risk (The Management Minute)

7:01

Catholic OCD: Love God and do what you please (The Management Minute)

6:35

Catholic OCD: An Unequal Exchange

11:07

Catholic OCD: Historical limitations and challenges to contemporary issues.

12:32

Catholic OCD: The Real Suffering (The Management Minute)

The real suffering of the scrupulous disorder is the inability to trust  the authenticity of individual feelings, emotions, and sensibilities.  It is a profound loss of the true self.  The inability to routinely trust the feelings associated with a particular action demonstrates a real threat.  The all-encompassing scrupulous experience deprives a person of the ability to trust that their feelings are informative.

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Catholic OCD: St. Thomas Aquinas, One More Question (The Management Minute)

7:33

Catholic OCD: St. Thomas Aquinas, One More Question (The Management Minute)

Просмотров 1,3 тыс.8 месяцев назад

St. Thomas asked the big questions about God, the meaning of the universe, and other big questions and mysteries and it seemed, no matter how hard he tried, that he never reached the end of the string of questions that might provide the ultimate answer.  The questions he asked, despite the systematic system's promises, were not answerable.  He slowly understood that a person would never be able...

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Catholic OCD: Misplaced Loyalty (The Management Minute)

Просмотров 1,3 тыс.8 месяцев назад

Although your OCD/Scrupulosity demands absolute loyalty from you, it will not return the favor.  It has no loyalty whatsoever; it only cares about your anxiety and your guilt.

Catholic OCD: The Necessity of Risk (The Management Minute)

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Catholic OCD: The Necessity of Risk (The Management Minute)

Просмотров 1,3 тыс.8 месяцев назад

Although it is true that people who do not suffer with scrupulosity are not constantly bombarded with questions, second-guessing themselves and the people around them, it would not be true to believe that there are no questions and no anxiety as part of their lived experience.  The difference is found in the magnitude and the frequency of the questions about life and not necessarily in the pres...

Catholic OCD: Love God and do what you please (The Management Minute)

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Catholic OCD: Love God and do what you please (The Management Minute)

Просмотров 1,4 тыс.9 месяцев назад

St Alphonsus Liguori understood the power of love. He understood the freedom that love provides. The freedom to be accepted exactly as you are. He also knew that when loved a person is determined to present the good that love sees, the best of themselves. This conviction helped him to better understand his primary relationship with the Lord. It gave him the confidence to proclaim "Do what you p...

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Catholic OCD: An Unequal Exchange

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OCD demands full loyalty and attention. In return for this dedication, it will give you anxiety, guilt, shame and other emotional and spiritual challenges. It also promises you that it is honest and authentic, totally believable and worth the investment. It is a LIE. The exchange is unequal and does not lead to life.

Catholic OCD: Historical limitations and challenges to contemporary issues.

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Catholic OCD: Historical limitations and challenges to contemporary issues.

Просмотров 2 тыс.Год назад

As people who have been created by God we have been created in time, in this time and in the place. This is our lived context; this is our present moment. This is where we work out our salvation. When we examine the historical record, even the record provided by the great saints, we must accept them in their time and place. It is unreasonable to assume that someone who lived 1000 years ago unde...

Catholic OCD: St Alphonsus and scrupulosity (The Management Minute)

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Catholic OCD: St Alphonsus and scrupulosity (The Management Minute)

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Another contribution in the continuing series "Management Minute." In this video we consider the struggle of St. Alphonsus Liguori with scrupulosity and how he transformed his struggle, with the help of the Grace of God, into his life-long dedication to helping others.

Catholic OCD: The fear of mortal sin (Management Minute)

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Catholic OCD: The fear of mortal sin (Management Minute)

Просмотров 4 тыс.Год назад

This is a new series entitled "The Management Minute." Short reflections on subjects/topics that are useful in learning how to manage your scrupulous disorder.

Catholic OCD: More than sin (The Management Minute)

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Catholic OCD: More than sin (The Management Minute)

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This is a new series entitled "The Management Minute." Short reflections on subjects/topics that are useful in learning how to manage your scrupulous disorder.

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Catholic OCD: Is it mortal sin?

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Is it really mortal sin or is it more accurately the fear of mortal sin? It is important to know and to understand the difference. In this presentation the requirements for mortal sin are outlined. In addition, helpful context and direction is also provided that might be useful and effective in your management of the disorder.

Catholic OCD: Pastoral Insights and Direction

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Catholic OCD: Pastoral Insights and Direction

Просмотров 1,9 тыс.Год назад

If you suffer from scrupulosity, please consider sharing this video with your priest confessor. In this video I speak about the dynamic of the Sacrament of Reconciliation between the priest and the penitent. I speak about the actual experience, the real feeling of disconnect that is manifested. I offer good, solid, practiced, and useful pastoral advice that will be helpful. This may we be one o...

Catholic OCD: Embracing Your Fragile Self

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Catholic OCD: Embracing Your Fragile Self

Просмотров 2,7 тыс.2 года назад

It is hard to accept that we are so fragile as human beings. We all prefer to see ourselves as the "strong and silent type," or as "having our act all together." The truth is that each of us are quite a bit more fragile than we care to admit or to accept.

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Catholic OCD: The Graveyard of the Gods

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This video is a little different than the videos that I normally upload to this channel. It is a meditation on developing a positive image of God, but I approach it from an entirely different starting point. I hope that it inspires those who watch it and that it does not make you anxious. If you are prone to anxiety when thinking about images of God, perhaps you might want to skip this one.

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Quiet Your Mind: Journey to the womb

Просмотров 9092 года назад

This is one of my favorite inner-quieting meditations. I find it very comforting and am often surprised by the images and experiences that it generates within me. A real moment of God's grace and life.