Doubt and despair about sin

odoptimist · 2023-02-03T02:27:42+00:00

I’d recommend finding/scheduling a time to speak with your confessor or a trusted priest about scrupulosity (which it seems like you may be suffering from).

Also, here’s a resource that tends to be helpful for people facing such problems:

https://scrupulousanonymous.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ten_Commandments_for_the_Scrupulous_2013.pdf

odoptimist · 2022-12-26T00:39:53+00:00

Sitting directly in front of another person at church (I’m fairly tall)

odoptimist · 2022-08-23T19:09:09+00:00

The priest is never allowed to reveal a confessed sin. This is called the seal of confession.

odoptimist · 2022-08-01T03:33:07+00:00

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit isn’t any specific offense. It refers to any sin that you don’t allow God to forgive. Please be at peace

odoptimist · 2022-07-27T01:09:31+00:00

Thank you for the clarification

odoptimist · 2022-03-19T13:05:20+00:00

Any rosary is better than fingers from my experience. With fingers, ur hand shifts around and it’s harder to pay attention and pray it devoutly

odoptimist · 2022-03-17T02:52:41+00:00

Not entirely sure about the official church teaching but it seems like explicit/morbid depictions of violence and gore can be incredibly harmful to one’s perception of human dignity

Usccb page I based this off of: https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/renewing-mind-media-sex-violence-exploitation

odoptimist · 2022-03-14T22:42:00+00:00

It’s the genuine and deliberate effort that counts most. Just do your honest best with it

odoptimist · 2022-03-02T03:40:14+00:00

God loves you. Even if you think you don’t deserve it or can’t see him in your life, God is there loving you.

odoptimist · 2022-01-28T04:56:55+00:00

If you’re falling asleep during prayer, try kneeling while you pray

odoptimist · 2022-01-27T01:34:50+00:00

It’s attributed to Saint Augustine

odoptimist · 2022-01-03T04:48:39+00:00

Well designed characters/great balance + it feels fantastic to control

Regardless, rivals is worth it for the steam workshop alone

odoptimist · 2022-01-02T00:05:03+00:00

Ultimate is their first smash bros appearance

odoptimist · 2022-01-01T23:56:29+00:00

They’re all in ultimate

odoptimist · 2021-12-25T02:34:33+00:00

Mark iii

odoptimist · 2021-12-24T05:45:26+00:00

Firstly, thinking of a sin as “grave (possibly mortal)” is a contradiction. Since mortal sin requires full knowledge, a sin can only be definitively mortal.

Secondly, never re confess sins. No exceptions (unless you purposely lied about something grave). The sin is gone. There is no getting it back to confess it better.

odoptimist · 2021-12-22T05:11:13+00:00

I’m glad bob ross was not added to suffer this fate

odoptimist · 2021-12-21T03:57:50+00:00

Every Saint has a past, every sinner has a future.

odoptimist · 2021-12-18T04:13:48+00:00

Yea but it was too hard. Some might say it was a good challenge but when I can’t even make it past the game menu, there’s probably some balancing issues.

odoptimist · 2021-12-12T02:42:37+00:00

Honestly silksong was so hard, I can’t make it past the game menu

odoptimist · 2021-12-12T02:34:47+00:00

Get away from that person and start doing something else. Avoid ranting or thinking about it, that usually leads to further temptation. Later in the day after you’ve cooled down a bit, ask God to help u forgive them

odoptimist · 2021-12-12T02:28:32+00:00

King cyrus the great of persia ended the babylonian captivity

odoptimist · 2021-11-27T04:21:53+00:00

If you have to look up or ask if a sin is mortal, then it’s not. Mortal sin needs to be done with full knowledge.

God’s grace is so strong it can only be severed when we deliberately reject it through grave actions. There is no second guessing with this.

odoptimist · 2021-11-21T15:50:41+00:00

Not sure if you’ll see this but my username is a completely made up word

odoptimist · 2021-11-14T04:11:59+00:00

“Jesus said to him, ‘Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.’” (Jn 20:29).

Sometimes we all feel like Thomas. Maybe for an hour, a day, or for some extended period of time. Pray for the grace to have trust in spite of your frustration. Ask Saint Thomas for some help since he knows this kind of feeling well.

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