It’s been quite some time since Father Julio wrote an open letter to the community inviting us to write from the heart\u2014a wonderful idea\u2014but fear hadn’t allowed me to write and send my letter.
\nAnd that’s what I want to write to you about in my letter: Fear. For many years, I allowed fear to control my life, but no more. Today, I want to share a bit of my testimony and my journey of faith. Almost six years ago, I became a mother, and I was so afraid of motherhood that I reached a breaking point. I fell into a very deep depression. Do you know why? Because I gave power to fear, to doubt, because I didn’t listen to my heart and my maternal intuition. I listened to everything but myself.
\nMy daughter was growing up, and so was my fear, until one day I said, “ENOUGH! I don’t want to feel this way anymore,” because fear causes anxiety, it causes doubt, it causes stress, and all of this makes you sick\u2014literally, it makes you intensely sick.
\nAbout three or four years ago, I started seeking professional help. Because, as Catholics, we often want to leave everything to God and don’t seek the help we need. I thought I didn’t need therapy, that it was for crazy people, because unfortunately, as Latinos, we tend to use those labels. But no, my brother and sister, it’s not for crazy people; it’s for people determined to change. It takes courage to take that step and seek the help we need.<\/p>\n
To make a long story short, therapy, along with prayer, contemplation, the Eucharist, and the spiritual guidance of my spiritual director, has transformed my life. We often ask God for a miracle in our lives, but we don’t want to be part of that miracle, we don’t want to be part of the change, and we want everything to fall from the sky.
\nI’ll tell you that part of my therapy involved visiting the Blessed Sacrament and letting Him show me all those wounds I had been carrying for years and thought I had healed. I had to confront all those fears. And stop avoiding them.<\/p>\n
Something else that was a balm for my soul was writing. I have notebooks full of writing; writing down what’s in your mind and heart sets you free.
\nTwo years ago, I dedicated the entire Lenten season to writing in my journal. This Lent, I want to invite you again to write a letter and share it with us\u2014your family, your community. Father Julio’s invitation is still open.<\/p>\n
I want to learn from you, from your experiences, your testimony, and your faith.
\nWith love,
\nYour sister<\/p>\n
Hace ya bastante tiempo que Padre Julio nos escribi\u00f3 una carta abierta a la comunidad invit\u00e1ndonos a escribir desde el alma, una idea maravillosa, pero el miedo no me hab\u00eda dejado escribir y mandar mi carta.
\nY de eso te quiero escribir en mi carta, del miedo. Por muchos a\u00f1os le he permitido al miedo controlar mi vida, pero ya no mas, hoy quiero compartirte un poco de mi testimonio y mi camino de fe, hace ya casi 6 a\u00f1os que me convert\u00ed en mam\u00e1, y le ten\u00eda mucho miedo a la maternidad que llegue a un punto de quiebre, ca\u00ed en una depresi\u00f3n muy profunda, \u00bfsabes porque? Porque le di poder al miedo, a las dudas, porque no escuchaba mi coraz\u00f3n y mi intuici\u00f3n de madre, escuchaba todo menos a mi.
\nMi hija iba creciendo, el miedo tambi\u00e9n, hasta que un d\u00eda dije BASTA YA! Ya no quiero sentir esto, porque el miedo te causa ansiedad, te causa dudas, te causa estr\u00e9s y todo esto te enferma, literalmente, te enferma f\u00edsicamente.
\nHace aproximadamente 3-4 a\u00f1os que empec\u00e9 a buscar ayuda profesional, porque eso s\u00ed, como cat\u00f3licos muchas veces le queremos dejar todo a Dios y no buscamos la ayuda necesaria. Yo cre\u00eda que la terapia psicol\u00f3gica no la necesitaba, que eso era para locos, porque desafortunadamente como latinos ponemos esas etiquetas, y no mi hermano mi hermana, no es de locos, es de gente decidida a cambiar, es de valientes dar ese paso y buscar la ayuda que necesitamos.<\/p>\n
Para no hacerte largo el cuento, la terapia psicol\u00f3gica, junto a la oraci\u00f3n, la contemplaci\u00f3n, la eucarist\u00eda y el acompa\u00f1amiento espiritual de mi gu\u00eda espiritual han transformando mi vida, muchas veces le pedimos a Dios un milagro en nuestras vidas, pero no queremos ser parte de ese milagro, no queremos ser parte de el cambio, y queremos que todo nos caiga del cielo.
\nTe cuento que parte de mi terapia fue visitar el sant\u00edsimo sacramento, y dejar que el me mostrara todas esas heridas que ven\u00eda cargando por a\u00f1os y cre\u00eda yo que ya hab\u00eda sanado, me tuve que enfrentar a todos esos miedos. Y dejar de sacarles la vuelta.<\/p>\n
Tambi\u00e9n algo que fue b\u00e1lsamo para mi alma fue escribir, tengo cuadernos llenos de escritura, el escribir lo que est\u00e1 en tu mente y en tu coraz\u00f3n te libera.
\nHace 2 a\u00f1os, toda la cuaresma me dediqu\u00e9 a escribir en mi diario, esta cuaresma te quiero invitar nuevamente a que escribas una carta y la compartas con nosotros, tu familia, tu comunidad. La invitaci\u00f3n de Padre Julio sigue abierta.<\/p>\n
Quiero aprender de ti, de tus experiencias, de tu testimonio y de tu fe.
\nCon amor,
\nTu hermana<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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