You Can Be a Healer December 5, 2011 Issue

Our occasional series on how people have nurtured their public practice of Christian Science healing.

Every call is a joy

Monica Karal—Montreal, Quebec, Canada

When I found Christian Science in 1995, it was a breath of fresh air. It gave me an understanding of life that finally made sense to me: an all-loving, all-intelligent Mind or Principle governing the universe through laws of harmony. I gradually learned how to apply this Science to all the challenges I was facing, and the healing results were wonderful. I was healed of many health problems (including a serious emotional and physical burnout), plus emotional scars from childhood and numerous fears. I was so enthusiastic about what I was learning that I longed to share it with others. To deepen my understanding of prayer-based healing, I took Christian Science Primary class instruction in 2004.

I’d been working as a counselor in women’s shelters, and my study of Christian Science was improving my work. But I felt I could help people more if I could pray with them. I yearned to spend my days in prayer and study, but I didn’t see how I could leave my job. I also wondered, “Am I good enough to be a healer?”

I’d been praying to see the women at the shelter through God’s eyes, but then I also started thinking that way about the spouses they were fleeing. Soon I got laid off at work. For the next year, I spent mornings praying about events in the news and afternoons and evenings doing paid work as a translator. In 2006 I took a deep breath and committed full time to studying Christian Science and praying for my community, the world, and whatever challenges arose in my experience. I came to view my true job as the spiritualization of my thought and daily life. Gradually, people started calling me for prayerful help.

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