Despair

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I know someone who struggles with believing in God’s love and mercy for her - in short, she struggles with despair.

Does anyone know of any books that I might be able to offer her that help people suffering from despair? Thanks and God bless! 🙂
 
This isn’t what you are looking for of course, but two quotes from The Lord of the Rings come to mind. “Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt” and “Where there’s life, there’s hope.” I’m only maybe 90% sure those quotes are entirely accurate. Personally I’m all but morally certain that J.R.R. Tolkien must have struggled through and emerged from despair to have written his great book, especially the part of the story dealing with Frodo Baggins.

I’ll be very interested in whatever other responses you get.
 
Thanks for the quotes… what exactly does the first one mean, though? 😛
 
I struggle with despair myself quite often, but I recently read a quote by St. Padre Pio that has helped me immensely. He said, “Remember: that a bad man ashamed of the wrong things he is doing, is nearer to God than a good man who blushes at doing the right thing.”
 
I do not know if Anselm Grùn is populair overseas. But he writes good books on topics like this!
 
suissemissed said:
I know someone who struggles with believing in God’s love and mercy for her - in short, she struggles with despair.

Does anyone know of any books that I might be able to offer her that help people suffering from despair? Thanks and God bless! 🙂
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Arise From Darkness by Father Benedict Groeschel.

Making Sense Out Of Suffering by Peter Kreeft.
 
Your friend should read:

*The Devotion to the Sacred Heart *by Fr. John Croiset, S.J… I highly recommend this book. It should help your friend a lot.
 
Divine Mercy in My Soul by St Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion.

Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Fr. Michael Gaitley
 
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Thanks for the quotes… what exactly does the first one mean, though? 😛
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Well, since this thread has come back from the dead I guess I’ll respond to this question even though it is nearly two years old.

“Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt” refers, I suppose, to the definition of despair as an abandonment of all hope. To do so is only appropriate if there really is no hope. If you are falling from the sky without a parachute, it is probably appropriate to despair of your earthly life. For the souls in hell, a deeper and darker kind of despair is no doubt experienced. But to despair when there is still hope left is a serious error.
 
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