Catholic Prayer and Neuroplasticity

(©Jenny duBay / Leonardo.ai)

In my last post I discussed the topic of neuroplasticity, so I'd now like to dive further into our brain's amazing ability to heal itself from trauma, and how prayer plays an integral role in this journey.

​The nature of repetitive prayer helps us create what I call “grooves of virtue”in our brain, physically restructuring our minds to be directed toward God. The more we pray, the more we desire prayer; and the more we desire prayer, the more Christ-like we become -- and the more we open ourselves to the healing graces of our Divine Physician.

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