Adult son cursing and blaspheming God

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I really need a bit of advice from someone, anyone, not to mention prayers for my son. He’s 21 and living a sinful life, sleeping with his girlfriend (non Catholic), refusing to go anywhere near a church. When I tried to talk to him today he said the most blasphemous insults directed towards Our Lord.
He really does not know what he is doing. I am in fear for his soul and cannot stop crying. Where do I go from here?
 
Zeno11 said:
I really need a bit of advice from someone, anyone, not to mention prayers for my son. He’s 21 and living a sinful life, sleeping with his girlfriend (non Catholic), refusing to go anywhere near a church. When I tried to talk to him today he said the most blasphemous insults directed towards Our Lord.
He really does not know what he is doing. I am in fear for his soul and cannot stop crying. Where do I go from here?
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Honestly, just pray. I know you don’t want to hear this, but there is not going to be anything you can do right now to change his views. Love him and pray.

But also set rules if he is living in your home about what you will and will not allow.
 
Thank you, I know all I can do is pray. He has since sent me a text apologising and saying that it was said in anger, but I feel so worried about him. How can we be happy if our loved ones are in the grip of sin and evil? He has a good heart but like many of us when we are young, he wants God made in his image and doesn’t want to face facts because that would spoil his fun. I do sympathise, because I was no angel myself when I was young, but by the grace of God I lived long enough to repent and see the light. I pray he does the same.
It’s good to know that people care enough to answer a stranger’s worries.
God bless
 
Pray and may I suggest you ask for the intercession of St Rita of Cascia? I would also suggest to your son that a real man does ot curse out his parent…unless you are afraid he may become violent towards you. But I am going to pray for him and for you…may Our Lady cover you with her mantle and may his Guardian Angel kick him in the pants.

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Be gentle with him and just tell him to take life with more responsability.

Express him your feelings that you care about him and his well-being and that you only want the best for him. Other than that, try to connect him with a good influence that can convince him in trying a saintly life. If neither works, than just simply pray for his conversion and have the hope that he will change one day. Blessings
 
Less than half an hour after my post thanking you, I got another text from my son. He wants to come to Confession with me on Saturday and to Mass on Sunday. He says he knows he has lost his way and would like to remedy that.

This is a miracle! You offer me prayers and they are immediately answered! I am now in a state of shock - he hasn’t been to Mass or Confession for almost 3 years!

I joined this forum tonight in a state of near desperation. I cannot tell you how thankful I am.

God bless you all
 
Face it - this phase will not last very long. He does not really want to live like that, and he is only saying he wants to go to Confessional with you because he knows it will make you feel better. The next Confessional? He’ll be extremely hesitant and refuse. Re-cycle.
 
Zeno11 said:
Less than half an hour after my post thanking you, I got another text from my son. He wants to come to Confession with me on Saturday and to Mass on Sunday. He says he knows he has lost his way and would like to remedy that.

This is a miracle! You offer me prayers and they are immediately answered! I am now in a state of shock - he hasn’t been to Mass or Confession for almost 3 years!

I joined this forum tonight in a state of near desperation. I cannot tell you how thankful I am.

God bless you all
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Wow! That IS a miracle! Praise God for His tender mercy.

🙂

Maybe when he cussed you out he woke up his conscience enough to prod him back to church.

Or maybe his guardian angel did kick his butt.

Hard.

😉
 
Zeno11 said:
Less than half an hour after my post thanking you, I got another text from my son. He wants to come to Confession with me on Saturday and to Mass on Sunday. He says he knows he has lost his way and would like to remedy that.

This is a miracle! You offer me prayers and they are immediately answered! I am now in a state of shock - he hasn’t been to Mass or Confession for almost 3 years!

I joined this forum tonight in a state of near desperation. I cannot tell you how thankful I am.

God bless you all
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that is soooo amazing, praise God the Most High :highprayer:
 
AugustXVIII said:
Face it - this phase will not last very long. He does not really want to live like that, and he is only saying he wants to go to Confessional with you because he knows it will make you feel better. The next Confessional? He’ll be extremely hesitant and refuse. Re-cycle.
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This is not helpful to the OP. As a “militant atheist heathen,” who just joined this forum today, you really don’t need to be offering your opinion to Catholics who didn’t come here to hear from “militant atheist heathen.” If you’d like to learn, then read, learn, and don’t be rude.
 
AugustXVIII said:
Face it - this phase will not last very long. He does not really want to live like that, and he is only saying he wants to go to Confessional with you because he knows it will make you feel better. The next Confessional? He’ll be extremely hesitant and refuse. Re-cycle.
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I think that we should try not to judge the OP’s son’s intentions and always pray for the best.

Having been a 21 year old man who lived an immoral lifestyle and regularly blasphemed our Lord out of rage ( 😦 ), I can say that when your son does truly turn back to God, you can expect it to be something that rocks the very foundations that his life is built on (it will shake and disturbs his very being).

The reason for this is simply that Satan fights like crazy to stay in control. When I first felt my conversion to God, I was living comfortably in a sinful relationship. I started to feel this love for God that I had never felt before in my entire life, but to embrace it in any meaningful way would require me to go through a break-up. Out of fear of losing the relationship I was in and having my life seriously inconvenienced, I initially decided to hide from God’s love. That warm love that I was finally feeling didn’t go away but rather turned to an aching anxiety in my chest that burned for about a month and a half. I suffered from extreme anxiety and an inability to sleep at night all the while fighting to maintain the sinful relationship out of fear of a breakup. During this time I became physically ill and it was really the closest thing I could describe as being hell. As a result of my altered behaviour (and, of course, God’s graces) the sinful relationship finally ended against my own will in late August. At that point in time I decided to embrace God’s love, the pain in my chest instantly turned into warmth again and I felt no sadness over the break-up, whatsoever. Since then I have made God the focus of my life and was confirmed in the church this past Easter.

I will certainly pray for your son, since I know exactly what he is going through. Don’t worry, because through God all things are possible. I truly believe that I was led back to the faith because of the many prayers that my grandma had said for me. Just remember to pray for him each and every day!

God bless!
 
Zeno11 said:
Less than half an hour after my post thanking you, I got another text from my son. He wants to come to Confession with me on Saturday and to Mass on Sunday. He says he knows he has lost his way and would like to remedy that.

This is a miracle! You offer me prayers and they are immediately answered! I am now in a state of shock - he hasn’t been to Mass or Confession for almost 3 years!

I joined this forum tonight in a state of near desperation. I cannot tell you how thankful I am.

God bless you all
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Praise God!
 
MidnightSun12 said:
I think that we should try not to judge the OP’s son’s intentions and always pray for the best.

Having been a 21 year old man who lived an immoral lifestyle and regularly blasphemed our Lord out of rage ( 😦 ), I can say that when your son does truly turn back to God, you can expect it to be something that rocks the very foundations that his life is built on (it will shake and disturbs his very being).

The reason for this is simply that Satan fights like crazy to stay in control. When I first felt my conversion to God, I was living comfortably in a sinful relationship. I started to feel this love for God that I had never felt before in my entire life, but to embrace it in any meaningful way would require me to go through a break-up. Out of fear of losing the relationship I was in and having my life seriously inconvenienced, I initially decided to hide from God’s love. That warm love that I was finally feeling didn’t go away but rather turned to an aching anxiety in my chest that burned for about a month and a half. I suffered from extreme anxiety and an inability to sleep at night all the while fighting to maintain the sinful relationship out of fear of a breakup. During this time I became physically ill and it was really the closest thing I could describe as being hell. As a result of my altered behaviour (and, of course, God’s graces) the sinful relationship finally ended against my own will in late August. At that point in time I decided to embrace God’s love, the pain in my chest instantly turned into warmth again and I felt no sadness over the break-up, whatsoever. Since then I have made God the focus of my life and was confirmed in the church this past Easter.

I will certainly pray for your son, since I know exactly what he is going through. Don’t worry, because through God all things are possible. I truly believe that I was led back to the faith because of the many prayers that my grandma had said for me. Just remember to pray for him each and every day!

God bless!
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Great testimony, thanks for sharing it here! You were somewhat like Jonah, trying to run away from God and hide! Didn’t work for him either!

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TheRealJuliane said:
This is not helpful to the OP. As a “militant atheist heathen,” who just joined this forum today, you really don’t need to be offering your opinion to Catholics who didn’t come here to hear from “militant atheist heathen.” If you’d like to learn, then read, learn, and don’t be rude.
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He/she might be right, though.

Only time will tell whether the seeming complete change of direction on the part of the OP’s son will be permanent.
 
Zeno11 said:
Less than half an hour after my post thanking you, I got another text from my son. He wants to come to Confession with me on Saturday and to Mass on Sunday. He says he knows he has lost his way and would like to remedy that.

This is a miracle! You offer me prayers and they are immediately answered! I am now in a state of shock - he hasn’t been to Mass or Confession for almost 3 years!

I joined this forum tonight in a state of near desperation. I cannot tell you how thankful I am.

God bless you all
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Wow! I will be praying for him very fervently… God bless
 
Have your faith and pray the Rosary daily, if possible with him. It’s your best weapon against evil. The very fact that he has apologized to you says a lot. He knows he has done wrong.

“Never will anyone who says his Rosary every day be led astray. This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my blood.”
Saint Louis de Montfort

“No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary. Either he will give up the sin or he will give up the Rosary” * **
Bishop Patrick Boyle

Pray and have faith. I will pray too.
 
OP

So very happy for you and your son. I guess we need to remember that sometimes bad things (son’s ranting and cursing) need to happen before the good can come through. Hopefully, he hit his bottom.

One word of caution, this is his journey back to Christ. He might have a slip or fall; but, now you know you can trust that God knows how to bring him home.

Saying a prayer of thanksgiving.
 
Praise God! I have added my prayers of hope and thanksgiving. Please come back and share how things are going if you want, you’ll find a lot of support here. :hug1::flowers:
 
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