A reader who says she’s a Reiki practitioner disputes the Catholic Bishops’ contention that, while Christian prayer calls on the divine, Reiki amounts to mere human manipulation of the body:

“I will tell you, I have asked God for a reiki attunement and God delivered. God loves you and when you ask for something to help others, God will bless you with it…. I will tell you from experience, the deeper and harder you pray from the heart while using reiki to help someone, the stronger the strength of the energy.
If reiki is “supersitition” why does the flow and strength increase with compassionate love? Prayer is asking for Love from the Divine. Reiki is channeling Love energy from the Divine Source.”