Blasphemous Thoughts/Mortal Sin

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Recently, I’ve had many blasphemous/desecrating thoughts come into my head seemingly out of nowhere. I try to dismiss them when they come, but ultimately seem to find myself dwelling on them. I don’t entertain the subject matter, but moreso simply their presence in my mind. I try to pray often, especially the Rosary, but even this doesn’t seem to be driving them away. Can anyone give me advice on how to get rid of them?

My ultimate concern, though, is whether or not my actions offend God. When I ought to be dismissing them, I find myself failing to do so, since I can’t seem to find a quick, adequate means for it. Can this sort of failure be considered a mortal sin?
 
Tempest… if the thoughts are not voluntary, premeditated or willful… then you have not committed any sin.

I have heard that thoughts like these are an attempt by the devil to make us believe we have sinned. But unless they are 100% voluntary… as I said above… then they are not sinful.

I have a method which I use… whenever an unwanted thought pops into my head. I learned this from Fr. John Corapi (of EWTN fame). When the thought occurs… immediately offer a prayer to God… such as a “Hail Mary” or a “Glory Be”. I prefer the “Glory Be”… because each time I am “assaulted” with an improper thought… instead of giving in to despair or hopelessness… I turn it around, and give Glory to God. Believe me, this method does cause the devil to flee.

I hope this helps. God bless. 🙂
 
🙂 thank you Marie Veronica i have simular difficutlities in trying to get rid of these type of thoughts i made up my own prayer offering these thoughts to Jesus for Him to purify my thoughts but your idea me thinks is a way better solution.mine works but needs repeating,most times.it is good we give Him thanks and praise.offering thanks giving in times of hardship is the only peace one can have.
 
Tempest…these thoughts popping into your mind are not sinful. It happens to us all…the fact you don’t entertain them and try to get rid of them immediately is why they are not sinful. However, if you meditated on those thoughts…then put those thoughts into action, that would be sinful…Remember, impure/improper thoughts are a temptation…we know temptation itself is not sinful, because Christ had temptations in His life and He was without any sin whatsoever…therefore, being tempted is not sinful, it is how you react to that temptation. Furthermore, as fire tempers steel, so do temptations temper our will.
Tempest said:
Recently, I’ve had many blasphemous/desecrating thoughts come into my head seemingly out of nowhere. I try to dismiss them when they come, but ultimately seem to find myself dwelling on them. I don’t entertain the subject matter, but moreso simply their presence in my mind. I try to pray often, especially the Rosary, but even this doesn’t seem to be driving them away. Can anyone give me advice on how to get rid of them?

My ultimate concern, though, is whether or not my actions offend God. When I ought to be dismissing them, I find myself failing to do so, since I can’t seem to find a quick, adequate means for it. Can this sort of failure be considered a mortal sin?
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Tempest,

Sin is in will not the thought. If the thought is not yours…then who does it belong to? The Devil is the master of suggestion. The closer you get to Christ the harder he tries to lure you away. With Christ in your life, Satan is powerless, though he can still be down right annoying.

I like the prayer to St. Michael when these kinds of random thoughts come along or sometimes I simply pray “Go away Satan…I belong to Christ.”
 
yes i agree with all the posts. this happens to me too. i really like the idea of saying a prayer to give glory to God. i’ll have to try that one. what i found to work is when that happens, i say " Jesus, that thought is not of me." and it usually passes right away. b/c i do believe as another said that it could be the work of the devil.
 
Tempest said:
Recently, I’ve had many blasphemous/desecrating thoughts come into my head seemingly out of nowhere. I try to dismiss them when they come, but ultimately seem to find myself dwelling on them. I don’t entertain the subject matter, but more so simply their presence in my mind. I try to pray often, especially the Rosary, but even this doesn’t seem to be driving them away. Can anyone give me advice on how to get rid of them?
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According to Father Corapi, this happened to St. Teresa of Avila and other great Saints. His advice was, don’t worry about it. Just keep praying, or doing what you’re doing, say a quick Hail Mary, and carry on. These thoughts are not coming from “you,” so the best you can do is to ignore them. When you resist evil, you gain strength.
 
fbl9 said:
🙂 thank you Marie Veronica i have simular difficutlities in trying to get rid of these type of thoughts i made up my own prayer offering these thoughts to Jesus for Him to purify my thoughts but your idea me thinks is a way better solution.mine works but needs repeating,most times.it is good we give Him thanks and praise.offering thanks giving in times of hardship is the only peace one can have.
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I can’t take the credit. I learned it from Fr. Corapi. But it DOES work.

“Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit… as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be… world without end. Amen”.:crossrc:
 
I may or may not get this also… Can someone give me an example of a blasphemous thought?
 
I suffer greatly from this problem. I am diagnosed with OCD and constantly have blasphemous thoughts about Jesus and Mary. Get a good spiritual director and seek some medical help. Just remember that these thoughts are NOT SINFUL unless you deliberately take pleasure from them or purposely think them out of hate for God.
 
Tempest said:
Recently, I’ve had many blasphemous/desecrating thoughts come into my head seemingly out of nowhere. I try to dismiss them when they come, but ultimately seem to find myself dwelling on them. I don’t entertain the subject matter, but moreso simply their presence in my mind. I try to pray often, especially the Rosary, but even this doesn’t seem to be driving them away. Can anyone give me advice on how to get rid of them?

My ultimate concern, though, is whether or not my actions offend God. When I ought to be dismissing them, I find myself failing to do so, since I can’t seem to find a quick, adequate means for it. Can this sort of failure be considered a mortal sin?
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I have a similar problem with this. It would seem as you perhaps suffer from OCD (or at least a mild form of it). When you accidentally think a blasphemous thought you tend to dwell on it and can’t forget it. I would pray for forgiveness and just ignore it. I don’t think it’s a Mortal Sin unless you are consciously doing it.
 
It sounds to me like you may be suffering from scrupulosity, which is a form of OCD. It may help you to read the newsletters from Scupulous Anonymous. Also, I highly recommend the book by Fr. Tomas Santa, Understanding Scupulocity.
 
OCD is not a fun thing at all however it is possible to overcome it.
 
Praised be Jesus Christ,

You are suffering from OCD. Intrusive thoughts that you have no ability to control. You attempt to suppress these thoughts, which causes them to become increasingly vivid. It progresses to a point where you can’t sit through a mass without being blitzed with these abominations. You are constantly analyzing your actions, trying to deduce whether you consented to these horrible thoughts. By analyzing them you fear you accidentally consented to them, and the process repeats. This is a medical condition caused by a genetic defect in your brain. These seem to give you a susceptibility for developing this disorder.

The most important thing to understand is that you are NOT crazy.

This is a cross that the Lord has lovingly selected for you. It is not an easy one to bear. Trust me.

My advice to you is to talk to your doctor and describe your symptoms. Do not tell him your think you have OCD. Let him decide that for himself.

Remember once he gives you a diagnosis to ask him “What else could it be doc?” Doctors are humans too and they make mistakes.

I have suffered from OCD for a very long time. I know how to deal with it very well now. This is what you do. The next time you get a feeling that you committed a mortal sin ignore it. Think to yourself “This is a glitch in my brain, and I am going to ignore it no matter how horrible I think the consequences are.” Believe me there are no real consequences, your brain is tricking you. Eventually you will be able to calm your mind down through the process of brain plasticity.

Your brain is mailable, it can change. Unfortunately this change can be negative as well as positive. The more you let the OCD control you, the more you will fall into its vice. It you start resisting, the brain will eventually start to adapt, and some symptoms will be reduced without medication. (Still go on medication, but use this strategy in conjunction with medication after talking to your doctor about it.)

Pray for God to help you with this.

PS:

Dear previous posters, ( I don’t have time to find names, so I apologies for this general statement.)

Do not jump to the conclusion that it is the devil until all possible medical possibilities are explored. I do not say this to scorn you, but to enlighten you. If you tell somebody it is the devil and the person believes it, he may continue for months in suffering before he decides to talk to a doctor.
 
I used to hear random voices say “God doesn’t exist” but I never let these voices get to me. I just dismiss them and continue to worship God and pray.
 
Matthias123 said:
You are suffering from OCD…You are constantly analyzing your actions, trying to deduce whether you consented to these horrible thoughts. By analyzing them you fear you accidentally consented to them, and the process repeats.
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I think that this is an excellent description of one possible form of OCD/scrupulousity.

John 8:32: “…you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” usccb.org/nab/bible/john/john8.htm
 
Interesting thread, and I thought I was crazy, I have had these thoughts. Like a suggestion. In my case I know it is of Satan as I move closer to God. I have been checked out by a Psychiatrist, I have other emotional issues but not OCD. I do think that in some of these cases it is OCD, other times its Satan.

Peace

praying the Rosary has helped me out a great deal 👍
 
I am also suffering from this. I sometimes even think I may have consented to these blasphemous thoughts. They are so haunting that I’m up all night. I’m only 14 and I haven’t personally heared of anyone my age suffer from this. However, when I do turn to God and ask for forgiveness and strength against these thoughts, I feel a great amount of peace. But when I get a bad thought, sometimes I try to “correct the thought” and “explain” to myself how it is wrong. Is that a mortal sin? I really don’t want these thoughts and they disturb me all the time to where I’m afraid to pray because I fear I might have these thoughts again. I confessed these thoughts and the priest gave me no advice. Are there prayers to help with this? :crossrc:
 
Wow are you sure your not my twin, i’ll be 14 this month and do the same thing, I have severe scrupulosity, to the point where i worry if eating a simple meal might be a mortal sin. i have stayed up all night before crying and worried. i am constantly worrying over the terrible thing i hav in my head, im so afraid i might have accidently consented. but Jesus my Lord nows my heart. knows i dont want to offend Him, so i beg mercy every night and morning and just do my best to get thru the day! God Bless and i will pray for you becuase I know the hell of scrupulosity. But i think its just our cross in life. Jesus said “Whoever wants to folow me must take up his cross and folliw me.” please message me sometime!
 
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