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Kts1816
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Share how these helped you grow in faith and beat the sin and achivieving more piece,humility
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Kathleen18
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Throwing a stone? Could you please explain what you mean by that.
Tis_Bearself
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i know what Stations of the Cross are. What do you mean by “spiritual exercises” and “throwing a stone”?
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SuscipeMeDomine
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Spiritual exercises perhaps refers to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius? (I’m not at all sure that’s what is meant.)
Throwing a stone? I have no clue.
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Kts1816
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The stone symbolizes the sins that you want to throw away…and get rid of…doing it in the mountains
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Kts1816
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As for the exsecises also 3 days before some big celebration on the New Testament,St Ignatius,too 
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Kathleen18
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Uuuummmmm never heard of it before. Confession to a Catholic Priest and recieving Absolution gets rid of sins.
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Kts1816
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I agree with you of course confession and absolution but this just a gesture
Tis_Bearself
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It’s important to distinguish between these things.
Throwing a stone in the way you describe would be fine in the sense that there’s nothing morally wrong with it, so if it helps you as a symbolic gesture then you could do it, but since you still have to confess to a priest and receive absolution, it seems unnecessary.
Spiritual exercises can be useful if you’re going on a retreat or trying to prepare for a big feast day by moving closer to the Lord. If you’re talking about St. Ignatius, they’re mostly focused on discernment, which may or may not be useful for a particular person. I honestly haven’t done them myself. Perhaps in the future, I may.
Stations of the Cross is a devotion that is not only approved by the Church, but also indulgenced, so it is more along the lines of the Rosary or Adoration. It is an established spiritual practice by which we can gain a definite benefit (a partial or plenary indulgence). You’re not going to get an indulgence by “throwing a stone” (and you still have to go to confession). You could possibly get some type of indulgence by doing spiritual exercises - for example, if daily mental prayer was part of the exercise, you could get a partial indulgence. However, the Stations are one of the four ways you can get a plenary indulgence, the highest kind of indulgence you can get, every single day, so I would put that devotion above the other two things you said, myself.
Throwing a stone in the way you describe would be fine in the sense that there’s nothing morally wrong with it, so if it helps you as a symbolic gesture then you could do it, but since you still have to confess to a priest and receive absolution, it seems unnecessary.
Spiritual exercises can be useful if you’re going on a retreat or trying to prepare for a big feast day by moving closer to the Lord. If you’re talking about St. Ignatius, they’re mostly focused on discernment, which may or may not be useful for a particular person. I honestly haven’t done them myself. Perhaps in the future, I may.
Stations of the Cross is a devotion that is not only approved by the Church, but also indulgenced, so it is more along the lines of the Rosary or Adoration. It is an established spiritual practice by which we can gain a definite benefit (a partial or plenary indulgence). You’re not going to get an indulgence by “throwing a stone” (and you still have to go to confession). You could possibly get some type of indulgence by doing spiritual exercises - for example, if daily mental prayer was part of the exercise, you could get a partial indulgence. However, the Stations are one of the four ways you can get a plenary indulgence, the highest kind of indulgence you can get, every single day, so I would put that devotion above the other two things you said, myself.
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Kts1816
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OK @bearself DeLete it i am not professional priest or apologetics or other ad you …
Wanted to see what othets do,etc
Wanted to see what othets do,etc
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Kts1816
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These things help with fighting with sin not absolving them.So stop.
Tis_Bearself
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You don’t need to delete it. This is a place for asking questions, and your question was fine.
I just gave my opinion. I prefer to get indulgences for my prayers because I want to use them to help the Holy Souls in Purgatory. That is something important to me. Another person may think something else is important.
Any sincere spiritual practice can help you with fighting sin, so if that’s what you’re looking to do, then I’d say just use all three of them.
I just gave my opinion. I prefer to get indulgences for my prayers because I want to use them to help the Holy Souls in Purgatory. That is something important to me. Another person may think something else is important.
Any sincere spiritual practice can help you with fighting sin, so if that’s what you’re looking to do, then I’d say just use all three of them.
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Kts1816
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Thanks.
God bless you.
God bless you.
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DarkLight
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Honestly, anything that helps you avoid sin is fine, so long as it doesn’t cause a sin itself. Some way of symbolically “ridding” yourself of the sin is a fairly common thing a lot of people benefit from - sort of an exercise in actively rejecting it. It’s kind of like how a lot of people clean house when leaving a relationship, I suppose.
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