Depression is Not a Sin! Saintly Advice for Sorrowful Souls

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  There are a minority of Catholics today who hold that depression is a fault, or the fruit of a fault – perhaps nothing more than vanity and pride. They speak as if depression is an invention of modern (and therefore, we are to assume, false) thought, and that perhaps doesn’t even really exist. They speak as if one could free oneself from a state of depression by acts of the will.


  What should we make of this? Let’s dig into this topic and see.


  It’s not a sin to have a sense of humour and be cheerful...
  https://www.wmreview.org/p/fun-aquinas-neri


  It’s not a sin to be depressed...
  https://www.wmreview.org/p/depression-aquinas-neri


00:00 Intro
00:10 Article's Sources
01:05 Is Depression a Fault?
02:50 St. Thomas Aquinas 
05:05 Effects on the Body
06:26 Remedies
07:53 St. Philip Neri


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