Life and prayer of St dympna: 9 Days Scriptural Novena prayer with Reflection for Finding Mental Emotional Well-Being Her life Teachings, miracles & Symbols

My brothers and sisters, as we come together over the next nine days to honor St. Dymphna, patron of those suffering mental and emotional afflictions, let us do so with open and receptive hearts.

Little is definitively known of Dymphna's early life, but the glimpses we find in sacred tradition offer profound insight. Born in seventh-century Ireland to a pagan father and devout Christian mother, she experienced the pains of losing her mother at a young age. Yet through it all, Scripture and p...