Healing El Shaddai Fr M Buckley

In the El Shaddai family we believe as Christians that God is the Father of everyone whether they are believers or not. We are all, irrespective of race, colour or creed members of the human family and that is why no one is excluded from our healing ministry. The main motivation in our work is to help people to find peace within themselves and the world in which they live. As a father of everyone God wants us whole, healthy and happy. People suffer in a damaged world and need help so that they can cope with the problems which confront them and rob them of their peace and happiness.

We have called our healing movement 'El Shaddai'. It is the most ancient word given to God by the Israelites long before He spoke to Moses on the Mountain of Horeb. Its exact meaning is not certain but for the Patriarchs it signified that God was 'Almighty' and that nothing was impossible to Him. He was there for them in all their needs because He was above everyting else their father who loved and cared for them.

'El Shaddai' also means 'The One of the Mountain' because of the ancient belief that God lived on the mountains in high inaccessible places enshrouded in clouds and mist. This is how many people still see God as someone 'out there' beyond their reach with whom it is difficult even impossible to make contact when they are damaged and cannot cope with life. They have never experienced the presence of God, and are like eaglets afraid to stretch out their wings and fly lest they fall. In El Shaddai we have chosen the eagle as our symbol of God healing His people. We see the healed person as an eaglet who has learned to fly in freedom and fulfilemnt in the high place where God wants them to live. Just as the parent eagle teaches its young how to fly so God our Father teaches us what true freedom is and the power within ourselves to find it.

Like the frightened eaglets there are so many people today who are filled with fear which triggers off in them an overpowering sense of inadequacy, tension, despondency, depression and a thousand and one other things which bring their lives to a standstill and prevent them from being fully human, fully alive, fully themselves. It is to them that the message of El Shaddai brings hope, happiness and peace. This is God's ancient message which we try to make relevant in today's world. We all need to be helped and healed in our journey through life and that is why we need El Shaddai.