Can You Blaspheme the Holy Spirit by Accident?

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I have an OCD problem that has probably affected my praying. ( I tend to pray things over and over until it ‘feels’ right) I talked to my confessor about it and he says that quality not quantity counts. As I was praying that night, I had another ‘urge’ to pray a rosary I had just finished a few minutes ago. I assumed that satan wanted me to stay up again and make me weary (which is what usually happens when I get these urges) and thought ‘satan begone’. I soon thought of the possibility of God wanting me to pray that extra rosary (though I wasn’t sure because it really felt like another ‘urge’ ) and immedialry feared I’d blasphemed the Holy Spirit by calling something possibly of God satanic.😦
 
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What you describe is the intention to reject a temptation sent by the devil, followed by a doubt in your mind as to whether it was a temptation.
You* can’t *accidentally or inadvertantly blaspheme the Holy Spirit. It would require a deliberate and explicit choice. So long as there remains the slighest doubt, you have not blasphemed.
 
Relax. That’s a silly thing to ask a person with OCD to do, I know. But the bottom line is you can’t blaspheme the Holy Spirit by accident.

I had a roommate in college who had a like problem. He read the scripture about it being the unforgivable sin and walked around paranoid that he was going to do it by accident. Oh, the devil had a field day with him. One day I walked into our dorm room and found him sobbing. He said he was studying when all of a sudden the thought “I blaspheme the Holy Spirit” popped into his head. He was convinced he was doomed. He actually dropped out of college for a semester to deal with his depression.

Give youself a break. God is love…not a mine field.
 
I hope you are seeking treatment for OCD. It is a tough burden to carry.

If you are not, do so. God didn’t design us to have OCD…
 
The Holy Spirit calls us to faith and holiness, and His ultimate purpose is to see that we die in sanctifying grace.

To blaspheme the Holy Spirit is to die, unrepentant, in serious sin. That is the sin that will not be forgiven: death in willful rejection of God’s grace. I’m sure that is not what you did, otherwise you would not be here to tell us about it.

If you are having emotional problems, remember that God is bigger than any thought you cannot control. He absolutely does not judge the mentally ill (for lack of a better term) for their thoughts and feelings, even if the thoughts might seem to be evil. It’s not your fault, you are not in control of it.

Be at peace. God knows where your heart is, and He knows that you love Him. Don’t worry about proper thinking or attitudes. Get some rest from these anxieties (by taking your medicine?) and have confidence in His mercy. You are not lost. I PROMISE YOU, you are not lost, and these troubling thoughts will be gone when you see your loving Savior face to face in Heaven.

Sign me, “been there, and recovered fully,” - Rob
 
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I have an OCD problem that has probably affected my praying. ( I tend to pray things over and over until it ‘feels’ right) I talked to my confessor about it and he says that quality not quantity counts. As I was praying that night, I had another ‘urge’ to pray a rosary I had just finished a few minutes ago. I assumed that satan wanted me to stay up again and make me weary (which is what usually happens when I get these urges) and thought ‘satan begone’. I soon thought of the possibility of God wanting me to pray that extra rosary (though I wasn’t sure because it really felt like another ‘urge’ ) and immedialry feared I’d blasphemed the Holy Spirit by calling something possibly of God satanic.😦
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A mortal sin CANNOT be committed by accident.
 
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