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I’m doing an Alpha course with my sister-in-law. She has expressed that she hasn’t given up on God. I all but have. Praying for her/us (and my wife who is minding her children when we go to the course) would probably be helpful.

I am afraid if this ‘fails’ that I will be left hopeless and faithless.
 
Spyral said:
I’m doing an Alpha course with my sister-in-law. She has expressed that she hasn’t given up on God. I all but have. Praying for her/us (and my wife who is minding her children when we go to the course) would probably be helpful.

I am afraid if this ‘fails’ that I will be left hopeless and faithless.
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No one will be left hopeless and faithless unless he or she freely wills that way.
 
Spyral said:
I’m doing an Alpha course with my sister-in-law. She has expressed that she hasn’t given up on God. I all but have. Praying for her/us (and my wife who is minding her children when we go to the course) would probably be helpful.

I am afraid if this ‘fails’ that I will be left hopeless and faithless.
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It can sometimes be helpful to talk about our hurts, why we are disappointed, how we felt disillusioned and what we are looking for, especially when we feel like we’re on the verge of completely walking away. The point you are at is truly an impasse which, on reading your post, I don’t take lightly at all. My heart and my prayers go out to you. I hope you can find whatever it is you are looking for, and my prayers are that you don’t give up. Christ needed to suffer and die so that we could live. He HAD to go through Good Friday in order to have an Easter. We all have to go through Good Friday to get to Easter. We go through suffering to get to rejoicing. You are face to face with your Good Friday. Be strong. You are in my thoughts and prayers, Spyral. :console:
 
Praying for your intentions….

Lord Jesus, You have said, “Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.” With confidence in Your loving heart which offers rest to weary souls, we come to You in this time of special need. In Your unfailing love, read the prayer that is written on our hearts, and grant the grace that we ask of You, in accordance with Your holy will. In Your name we pray. Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother, to thee I come, before thee I stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate! Despise not my petitions, but, in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
 
I do not know what an Alpha course is but I pray that our Lord fills you with hope. May you be abandoned to our Lord’s merciful love full of confidence in his merciful love. May he grant you peace, courage, strength, the deepest faith surrender to his holy Will and abandonment to his divine Providence. Amen.
 
Fiasco said:
Q. Apart from eventual oblivion/annihilation, what does the “gospel” of atheism have to offer?
A. NOTHING…Literally! :eek:
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I do not want to divert this thread from the help sought by the OP. I was genuine in my question. I am not proposing atheism as an alternative belief. But my personal experience of unbelief has been that it is indeed a life full of hope, partly for myself, but more for others. Developing a view of where we each stand in relation to all else we experience is not easy for anyone, but I think hope is something we should all have. Things can always be better, if not for us, then for others. Hope is part of what makes us human.
 
Hokomai said:
I do not want to divert this thread from the help sought by the OP. I was genuine in my question. I am not proposing atheism as an alternative belief…

Things can always be better, if not for us, then for others. Hope is part of what makes us human.
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But all, ultimately, for** nothing! **Ceasing to exist! :eek:
That outlook can lead some to follow the dog-eats-dog path. Not everyone has your civilised way of seeing life. (im not being facetious.) Hopes much easier if we can see a firm future.
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Nothing is better than hell
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But hell is a reality.
“Nothing” is just a false expectation held by atheists. Rather bleak, but the reality is worse, if anything can be worse than the expectation of ceasing to exist. 🤷
Let God grab hold of you. He can forgive anything if you ask Him. Judas worst sin wasnt betraying Our Lord, but the sin of despair: thinking he couldn`t be forgiven. All he had to do was ask.

Apparently the Alpha Course is shallow, but it`s a good start - to lead into deeper Truth. Keep it up! 👍

As a sufferer of crushing depression: if id been an atheist, id probably have “ended it all” years ago.
 
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