The position of USCCB is as follows:
Thus I see no problem in you receiving whatever procedure you need if it has nothing to do with Reiki, and if the institution is Catholic then they’ll have to deal with the local bishop for going against the instructions of the US Episcopal Conference
but that doesn’t seem to affect your choice to benefit of their other medical treatments.I would find another clinic. Even if you’re not directly involved, you’d be supporting an institution that is in conflict with Church teaching.
That is horrible that religious sisters/nuns offer this so-called “therapy” which has roots in the Occult. I am almost 100% certain that the Catholic Church has officially condemned this practice. The sisters should be disciplined for disobeying the Church.
I know. . At some places they also offer massage and reflexology.
oncologist! Who knows what sort of evil was in his mind when he told her that cancer was successfully removed with clean margins? I never thought of that until this thread! What if he meditated that morning before ordering her medicine – could that make the medicine become poison? There are sooo many things to be afraid about! :frighten:
Reiki actually works, the problem is the reiki practitioner is using the devils spirits to achieve this and not the holy spirit. It’s one of satans many counterfiets to God’s work.
I have previously had a lady come to my home to give me full body massage to try to free muscles and relieve pain as well. This was beneficial for the mind and body as it helps relieve pain and have aromatheraphy. Please dont think that everyone that attends these are doing so for wrong reasons. :nope:I get quite worried when I see posts like this it seems close to paranoia.
I have spina bifida meningocele and have had surgery to my spine, legs, feet, ankle and toes. My first surgery I was just 13 days old when they sealed my spine, my last surgery was in 2000 I have had pain all my life and cope well considering. I’m a cradle Catholic after being baptised in a rushed baptism at my hospital cot as I wasn’t expected to live. I lost my faith durning my early 20’s and have recently rejoined my Church and attend mass again after going to confession.
I have had reiki healing and have found it to be the most deeply relaxing, soothing and positive experience. In no way was it something to fear. I realise that’s probably a shocking statement to make on here, but I live my life in pain and with the serious limitations I have. I have had so many surgeries and procedures and have to take a lot of medication to manage pain. I try to find non medicated procedures such as reiki or similar as medication is having so many side effects.
I’m not an evil person, I don’t and wouldn’t summon a demon or evil spirits.
I realise now that I’ve returned to the Church that these are areas that I shouldn’t access in the future. Which leaves me without the benefits I was experiencing and means I am just left to be in pain and cope with medication which is harming my body in the long run.
I think Catholics must be the world leaders in paranoia. Maybe we need an angel to tell us “do not fear,” since those who already have don’t seem to have gotten the message across.
When my mother was recently in Via Christi, St. Joseph campus, a Catholic hospital owned by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, she was seen by a Buddhist
Likewise, one of her nurses was Hindu. It didn’t even occur to me that she might have beliefs that are contrary to our own EVEN WHILE she gave my mother her IV. :bigyikes:
I just knew about them because I like to talk to people about their religion, and usually even busy medical people can spare a moment or two on the topic. I did not interview all of the cleaning personnel, or the administrative offices or delivery workers to see if they were non-Catholic. I didn’t check out the MRI operator to see if the manual for the machine she was running had an Imprimatur. Nor did I interview the builders who constructed the buildings … who knows how many of them harbored non-Catholic ideas while they were erecting the steel or smoothing the concrete?
Our parish used to lease one corner of its property to a convenience store next door, so they could expand their parking lot by three spaces. But I just realized something; that store sold condoms! So the Catholic Church enabled the sale of condoms, to people whose cars were parked on her own property! How can this be!! :bigyikes: :bigyikes:
I guess there is reason to be paranoid. We’re surrounded by non-Catholics, who are trying to sneak heresy into our minds by giving us healing that comes to us through sources that may involve non-Catholics in its supply chain. I’ve tried denying it to myself but I just can’t anymore. :nope: I’m very afraid. I’d better get into my gear.
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Alan
But the Church never claimed that those who receive these treatments or give them are evil or intend to summon demons
We are not speaking of devil worship practices here All the USCCB has said on this (following, I believe, more general guidelines from the Holy See on these matters) is that this practice is rooted on something basically superstitious, and as such it may expose us to spiritual dangers…that’s all For many people, especially nowadays, receiving this treatment doesn’t involve believing in the spirituality beneath it…they just assume it works and rejoice in its benefit…and I bet that many times we could say that it wasn’t the practice, but their faith that brought healing 
While this is a useful document, and issued in good faith by Catholic bishops in good standing, it does not have the force of law or any authority over Catholics, because it is a document of a Committee of the USCCB. The powers of the regional episcopal conferences are very limited. This does not equate to a pronouncement by the CDF. So take it as prudential judgement that the American bishops have decided that this practice is not worthy of notice by American Catholics, but it is not a de fide doctrinal statement or teaching.
I don’t know if this is the case where you are, but where I come from there are many independent groups where rooms are shared by a variety of practitioners. This can range from having totally separate facilities to sharing receptionists and finance clerks, for example.