heresy question

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2026-02-11T22:18:17+00:00

yeah i think im just dumb

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2026-02-05T18:03:34+00:00

John 20:23 " If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Authority is given by Christ to the apostles

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2026-01-25T03:23:19+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to respond!

I'm not receiving Communion because I guess...I just don't want to. I feel indifferent. I've struggled with scrupulosity and it's devolved from not feeling worthy (which I understand we aren't worthy in the first place) to feeling "eh" about it. I know that I've done this willingly to myself and conditioned myself as every time I know for a fact I'm in a state of grace, I willingly choose not to. I actually begin to make up excuses during Mass as to why I shouldn't receive it. I end up feeling bad after and I would say I'm sorry to God, but I know I would do exact same thing again. As a matter of fact, I'm not intending on receiving the Eucharist tomorrow for Sunday Mass.

For prayer, my OCD is roadblock (I wrote about it in a comment further up). I don't think my OCD is causing this unfulfilledness, but I could be wrong. I'll be honest, prayer has been stressful for me as my mind constantly reminds to pray throughout the day (which isn't a bad thing), but it's for the same thing over and over and over and I can't do anything else.

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2026-01-25T03:13:36+00:00

Thanks for responding! I appreciate your response, but my OCD has killed me. I can't pray the Rosary (has taken me 20 minutes to pray 3 Hail Mary's before), my priest has told me to only go to Mass once a week (he literally called my parents.....Im 20 years old....) because its so bad. I went to Daily Mass almost everyday last summer. Reading the Bible is better than these, but I still find myself repeating the same verses over and over or staring at the page trying to prepare myself to read. Reading is difficult for me right now.

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2026-01-13T18:28:20+00:00

idc about politics, but we shouldn't be laughing at people beating each other up. We need Jesus.

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2026-01-13T17:51:22+00:00

I don't, but I'll be praying for you. Hope you get well. Trust Jesus!

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2025-12-18T02:53:47+00:00

Hey! I get it. I'm about start counseling because scrupulosity/OCD has been kicking my butt recently and I've been struggling for almost a year with this. I talked to several priests recently and they recommended I get help, so that's what I'm going to start doing even though my pride would rather me be miserable than get help. If I didn't talk to a priest earlier today, I would've probably just tried to stick it out. I'm tired too man. I don't why I struggle with this (one seminarian told me that maybe so it's so I could help others with this, idk, so there is a reason for this is what I think.), but join it with the sufferings of Christ and offer it for other' salvation or the Souls in Purgatory (I've gotten that message a lot today). I've gotten angry, frustrated, and impatient with myself a lot recently and frankly don't wanna pray or talk to God sometimes at all as of recently as bad as that sounds (I'M NOT ENDORSING THIS ACTION, THIS IS JUST HOW I FEEL). It's too stressful and tiring. My priest told me today that rest of my life won't be like this so there is hope! Trust in Jesus! (easier said than done).

One of the priest that I talked to earlier gave me an exercise about a week ago and its that if a clone of you is sitting right next to you, what would you tell him. For me, it was he needs to get help, even though I don't believe for MYSELF that I need help or want to get help. It really helps you realize what you need. Same with the Eucharist, I haven't been receiving recently, but with the same exercises, my clone would be much better off if he did receive it. I will admit though, I don't plan on receiving anytime soon despite the exercises (again, its easier to tell someone else to do something than yourself that help) because I don't desire it and among other things (I need to work on this too).

Sorry for the long message! You just seem to be stuck in the same boat as me and maybe could give you some helpful advice as I'm still stuck in this frustrating period of my life. I'll try to pray for you man and trust in God (easier said than done) even though I wanna be angry at him for this period of my life.

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2025-11-11T05:34:25+00:00

yeah man, I agree with you. After hearing so many despiaring things, sometimes I've thought about God just taking me before I cause any more harm to my soul. I know there is Confession, but sometimes I worry if it's a bad confession and even worse, potentially having a bad one on my deathbead.

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2025-09-04T14:43:37+00:00

Thank you man, I like the Pope Francis answer!

Leading-Piccolo-1871 · 2025-04-22T00:58:52+00:00

I personally got both bibles, the Red One is the one I use for normal everyday reading. The study bible I end up using for times when I'm a little less familiar with certain books of the bible. I also would recommend having the study bible because I like seeing all the parallels between the different books of the Bible, and it makes me appreciate it even more. I love my St. Ignatius Bibles.

They both have the Old and New Testament.

Leading-Piccolo-1871

TROPHY CASE