{"id":6750,"date":"2024-02-20T20:34:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T02:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thelatinright\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2024-02-20T20:34:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T02:34:27","slug":"healer-of-my-soul-insights-and-hope-to-overcome-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thelatinright\/2024\/02\/healer-of-my-soul-insights-and-hope-to-overcome-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Healer of My Soul: Insights and Hope to Overcome Sin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In a recent article, I highlighted one of my favorite bands (Waterdeep<\/a>). For this article, allow me to highlight one of my favorite recording artists (Catholic or otherwise), John Michael Talbot (JMT). One of my favorite songs by JMT is Healer of My Soul;<\/em><\/a>\u00a0a song very appropriate for the season of Lent.<\/p>\n

As Catholics enter the penitential season of Lent, a season where we reexamine our lives in the light of Jesus\u2019 love and sacrifice for us, this song provides a perfect contemplative atmosphere for reflection and meditation. Christ longs to heal our souls but first we must admit our soul\u2019s need healing. I hope and pray you allow Him to heal your soul.<\/p>\n

Please click the link above, listen to the song, and prayerfully read the lyrics below.<\/p>\n

Healer of My Soul (Song by John Michael Talbot)<\/strong><\/h3>\n " Healer of my soul* \nKeep me at even \nKeep me at morning \nKeep me at noon \nHealer of my soul<\/p>\n ** Keeper of my soul \nOn rough course faring \nHelp and safeguard my means this night \nKeeper of my soul<\/p>\n ** I am tired, astray, and stumbling \nShield my soul from the snare of sin<\/p>\n ** Healer of my soul \nHeal me at even \nHeal me at morning \nHeal me at noon *\nHealer of my soul<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Keeper of My Soul<\/strong><\/h3>\n*** ** ***Many do not think of God a \u201ckeeper of souls.\u201d I find comfort in the idea that God tends to and keeps my soul. The song acknowledges that we all travel along a \u201crough course\u201d due to the darkness of temptation and sin. In the song, we request that God \u201chelp and safeguard\u201d us as we travel. God, as the \u201ckeeper of our soul\u201d comes to our aid.<\/p>\n Exhausted by Sin<\/strong><\/h3>\n******* ** *******Moreover, the most insightful verses in this song reflect how truly exhausting our struggle with sin is.<\/p>\n " I am tired, astray, and stumbling******* \nShield my soul from the snare of sin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ** *******I don\u2019t know about you, but I AM tired of going \u201castray and stumbling\u201d and I desperately need God to \u201cshield my soul from the snare of sin.\u201d Does anyone else feel the exhaustion that sin needlessly places on our souls? As an aside, I love how JMT uses a somber Celtic violin to emphasize the weight of sin.<\/p>\n Healer of My Soul<\/strong><\/h3>\n********* ** *********As a sinner, I am in desperate need of healing. I often stray and stumble in the darkness of my own creation, my own personal night. Thank God for the season of Lent, where once again the Church invites me to consider my need for healing and He Who offers it.<\/p>\n " Healer of my soul********* \nHeal me at even \nHeal me at morning \nHeal me at noon \nHealer of my soul<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ** Therefore, may we all turn to Jesus for the healing our soul\u2019s so desperately need.<\/p>\n ** *********Have a blessed and productive Lent.<\/p>\n " He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Thank you!<\/h3>\n Read The Latin Right\u2019s other writing\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n I am in the process of writing articles where I answer your questions.<\/span><\/p>\n So, please go to my\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0and IM your questions (and follow my page). I may just write one article or do a Q&A article.<\/span><\/p>\n Also, please subscribe my\u00a0YouTube page<\/a>\u00a0for updates on upcoming articles.<\/span><\/p>\n *********** ** Healer of My Soul: Insights and Hope to Overcome Sin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ** ***********In a recent article, I highlighted one of my favorite bands (Waterdeep). For this article, allow me to highlight one of my favorite recording artists (Catholic or otherwise), John Michael Talbot (JMT). One of my favorite songs by JMT is Healer of My Soul;\u00a0a song very appropriate for the season of Lent. 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