Late tonight a friend shared this on What’sApp about St. Oscar Romero, whose feast day is today, March 24th. He is regarded as a patron saint of Mental Health and Anxiety! (Zoinks, do I need him nowadays!) 

I was unaware of this patronage, and I’ll look up more things on him to post later. If I’m still blogging next year I’ll remind you in the days leading up (perhaps I can find a novena.) (For those who think St. Dymphna is the patrom of mental health disorders, there can be multiple patrons of a particular thing; I’ve blogged quite a lot on this or that saint, blessed or venerable and how they’re a patron of alcoholism or addictions. 

For starters, here’s a link to an article (itself having more links) on his relationship with OCD and scrupulosity. 

From that link:

St. Oscar Romero (1917-1980 El Salvador) struggled with scrupulosity his whole life, but when he was 49 a psychiatrist diagnosed him with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Already a priest, Romero had the humility to undergo psychoanalysis and seek counseling at a time when mental illness was spoken of only in hushed voices.

He continued to deal with his OCD throughout his life, including during his work as archbishop fighting for the rights of the oppressed, for which he was ultimately killed.

Here’s a Vatican biography on him: ST. OSCAR ROMERO, MARTYR

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