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This is very well put. Good advice. To the OP, I would say that this may be a case of misinterpreting what the catechism and Scripture actually say. I strongly recommend going to a priest and seeking clarification on this. I would also say, and I am not suggesting that the OP is doing this...

You cannot help what you spontaneously feel, but once you become aware of these feelings, how you respond to them is where the sin lies. A temptation is not a sin. There is no need to be hypervigilant, as you put it, just divert your attentions when such feelings arise, and try to channel them...

I urge you to keep lines of communication open with your doctor at all times. If your doctor is not aware of your difficulties with scrupulosity, you need to say something.

Please contact your doctor immediately (or, depending on where you are and when you get this, first thing tomorrow) and tell him or her exactly what you have said here. This sounds far more like an organic problem than a spiritual one. Quite frankly,it doesn't sound like a spiritual problem at...

Our Blessed Lord surely understands your situation. Be at peace.

One other suggestion I'd like just to "throw out there", have you ever been to a Traditional Latin Mass? If you like Adoration, you'd love the TLM. Here's a website that lists TLMs that are fully approved by the Church: https://www.latinmassdir.org/

It may be sort of alluded to in their name. Wesley and his fellow worshippers were known to be very methodical in the practice of their faith, and while it's not clear that a fixed para-liturgy was part of this, it would not be contradictory to their other habits of prayer and Bible study. It...

Father Santa is right, scrupulosity (at least in a case such as yours) has a psychological cause, and is not pride. Please work with your doctor regarding the OCD.

I went to a Methodist church occasionally (and not very often, we weren't churchgoers) as a child. There is a framework for their worship but I don't think it is strictly prescribed. Like most Protestant churches, the emphasis is upon prayer, hymns, and the sermon, because that's really all...

Well, a psychiatrist is a doctor of medicine, so he or she should be able to help you. Keep working together and think positively.

Please seek medical help as soon as possible. I couldn't possibly be more emphatic about this. Your scrupulosity appears to be the OCD with which you struggle, spilling over into the realm of morality. I cannot recommend marijuana except for medicinal purposes, and this, too, needs to be...

Relax, you will most certainly wake up Catholic. Please work with your spiritual director and your psychiatrist. You're doing the right thing.

It almost sounds like these people have some kind of mental problem, or are possibly even under demonic influence. Actually, when you think about it, there is probably far more Scripture used in a Catholic Mass than in a typical Protestant service. In the latter, they tend to rivet upon...

If they were never properly catechized, or had been told these things but forgot, it is entirely possible that they didn't know. That wouldn't explain the anger, though. A lot of people leave the Church because of some trauma or mistreatment they incurred within the Church, or because the...

I didn't think of that. Very sad indeed.