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Hello everybody I just joined this site today because I am in desperate need of your advice. I hurt my back about a year ago and it is still hurting. I am in constant pain and I cannot sit down or else the pain gets much worse. I barely survived this last year at college and I am panicking because the next year is quickly approaching.
I have never prayed so hard in my entire life (for my back to get better), and it appears that God does not want to help me at all. I have never been a situation like this before and I was wondering if any of you have and what you did. I have been to a whole bunch of doctors and still I am in great pain. Here are a list of a lot of the prayers I have been saying everyday:

Novena to the Infant Jesus of Prague

Memorare to St. Joseph

Novena to St. Joseph to obtain a special favor

Novena to St. Joseph in a difficult problem

Ancient Novena to St. Joseph

Novena to St. Anne

Novena to St. Jude

Novena to St. Rita of Cascia

Efficacious Novena to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Novena of Confidence to the Sacred Heart

Memorare to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

Novena Prayer to the Infant Jesus of Prague for a special favor

Novena Prayer to St. Anthony Mary Claret for serious ailment

Novena Prayer to St. Raphael the Arch Angel for a cure

Prayer to Our Sorrowful Mother for a Favor

Novena to St. Joseph (a different one)

Fr. Lallemant’s Powerful Novena to St. Joseph

Novena to Our Lady of Good Remedy

Novena to St. Philomena

Novena to St. Philomena (a different one)

Daily Chaplet of St. Philomena

Novena to St. Gemma Galgani

Miraculous Medal Novena

Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
through the intercession of St. Gabriel Possenti

Prayer to Saint Expeditus

With these prayers, I have made over 300 novenas. In addition, I have made the Irresistible Rosary Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Pompeii several times (sometimes with my family members). Every day at 3 o clock I ask Jesus to help me and I ask Him every Sunday after Holy Communion. I have been wearing St. Philomena’s cord for about 6 months right where I have the pain, and I have been wearing her medal since the Fall. I also had 2 novenas of Masses said at her shrine in Mugnano Italy. I am also enrolled in the Healing Association of St. Anne (in her shrine in Ohio) because my mother found a card about it in her missal at Mass one day and it looked like a sign from God. I also went to a Healing Mass and the priest said that I was being oppressed by evil and I believe this to be true as I have terrible temptations to blaspheme God for not helping me. I have never been so desperate in my entire life and I need your help! Please give me and advice or additional powerful prayers that have worked for you. I would really appreciate it!!!
 
Silver nor gold do I have thee to give; what I do have, I give thee.
May you be healed in the name of Jesus.

God bless you.
 
Our Father, who art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
Amen.
 
I will certainly pray for you.
Also, what constitutes a lot of doctors?
Does this include acupuncturist?
Chiropractor?
Craniosacral massage therapist?

:gopray:

Our Father, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Your Name
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom
and the Power
and the Glory for ever and ever.
Amen.

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.
Sancta Maria mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen

:gopray:
Just suggestions.
 
I’m curious you said nothing of doctors or having surgery. Perhaps
God ( for his own reasons) wants you take a year off from school and have back surgery
 
Take it from someone who has had multiple back surgeries.(6 back, 1 neck)

The longer you wait to seek the proper medical attention,the more you are increasing the damage to your spine and spinal cord.

Seek medical help now.
 
Fatima Sacrifice Prayer

O Jesus, I offer this up for the love of You,
in reparation for the offences committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
and for the conversion of poor sinners

(Personally, I like to add …
“and for the poor souls in purgatory”
at the end.)

I’m not being facetious or anything here,
I truly do recommend this prayer to you.

I am glad you’re asking us to pray for you.
And I will pray for your healing …

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
CatholicUser777 said:
I am in constant pain and I cannot sit down or else the pain gets much worse. I barely survived this last year at college and I am panicking because the next year is quickly approaching.
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 I have **never prayed so hard** in my entire life (for my back to get better), and it appears that **God does not want to help me at all**.
I also went to a Healing Mass and the priest said that I was being oppressed by evil and I believe this to be true as I have terrible temptations to blaspheme God for not helping me. I have never been so desperate in my entire life

Please give me and advice !!
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I am sorry you feel so much pain.

Sometimes we make our pain worse by our own thoughts… by focusing so much on the pain, we feel ourselves tense up from our thoughts and our pains.

God does want to help you. In fact, I believe God is with you this very minute.

When you hear yourself say that God does not want to help you at all… you have probably even tensed up more of your muscles and your mind.

Describing your pain as barely able to survive last school year and panicking about the next school year - uses so much of your thoughts.

Pain management has a lot to do with your thoughts. Besides your medical doctor helping you with the problem in your back, seek a therapist who can help you with anxiety, fear, worry.

Practice relaxation exercises - deep breathing - relaxing your mind and body.

You will be able to notice that the pain is not constant - but that it waxes and wanes - that it changes through out the day.

Some times it is even good to refer to the feelings as sensations, not even allowing the sensation to be called pain. Your attitude about the sensation may change.

When the sensations are strong - stop right then and practice deep breathing. Focus right then on a part of your body that does not hurt - maybe your ear lobe - with distraction, you can help yourself feel better.

We often change our breathing to very shallow when we are in pain, and even more if we start thinking about how God isn’t helping us, and how we hardly made it through last school year, and how can we manage another year of constant pain… and then it is worse - but its not that the sensation got worse - its our thoughts that made us even more tense.

(Simply writing that makes my body tense. Did you ever watch a movie and notice your body tensing because of the suspense in the plot, the action on the screen, the sounds, the music…? Your shoulders may draw up towards your ears. You may start to hold your breath. Your mind might race hoping for a good outcome on the movie. That can happen when you start to feel painful sensations as well. )

May God guide you to knowing He does want to help you and that He is helping you right now.

May God guide you to managing your painful sensations and letting go of worry about what the pain will be like tomorrow.

Stay close to Jesus and make use of the Sacraments.

Begin practicing deep breathing tonight for just 5 minutes.

You are in my prayers.
 
Of course I will pray for you. Consider seeing a neurosurgeon. I was in constant pain for three years until I opted for a spinal fusion with rods and screws. I was scared to do it, I prayed for courage and my priest gave me the sacrament of the sick. I felt better right after the surgery and within a month I was walking a mile. I thank God everyday to be rid of my pain.
 
I know this is very easy for me to say this as I am not experiencing your pain. But my advice is to accept this pain as a cross from God and offer this pain to Jesus on behalf of the holy souls in purgatory. I think by your suffering you will reduce their suffering and I think they will pray for you in return. However much you are suffering know that there are holy souls who are suffering more than you. Think of them in compassion and offer the pain on their behalf.

Or if you find it easier you can offer your pain for your own sins. Or for someone you know and love. You may of course choose the intention, but put this pain to good use instead of running from it.

If it is true you are under oppression maybe you should speak more to a priest, as you may find what I just recommended very hard to do, if you are constantly drawn into blasphemy etc. A priest may be able to help you better than just trying to take this on alone. Regular confession. Preferably with the same priest each time. Maybe weekly or even daily?

Also I would recommend continuing to seek treatment as others here have advised. God will give you hope. There is nothing that happens in the world that he does not allow, even if it comes from the evil one. Your situation sounds awful! I hope you find a way to feel better soon.
 
CatholicUser777, I brought your needs before Our Merciful Lord in Adoration this evening.

May He bring you relief and solace soon.

:gopray:
 
:gopray:

Our Father, Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Your Name
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom
and the Power
and the Glory for ever and ever.
Amen.

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.
Sancta Maria mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen

:gopray:
 
thank you all for your comments and prayers!

and yes as scary as surgery sounds, I was actually hoping I needed surgery to get out of this situation. I had an MRI done and my L5 S1 disc is a little dehydrated and is slightly slightly bulging. The neurosurgeon said that I certainly don’t need surgery. I was happy to hear that, but it didn’t really give me a way out of this problem. I recently got facet joint injections and I felt my pain in the joints subside somewhat, but I still cannot sit down. I sat on the couch and it felt like my disc was getting smushed and my pelvis locks up so I can’t even move it. It’s a very frightening feeling (like getting turned to stone). I offered up all my sufferings for God and the Holy Souls in Purgatory. I’m only 20 years old so everybody keep saying that it should get better with time because I am so young and because my MRI doesn’t look that bad. This entire year I have been in so much pain 😦 I have taken anti inflammatory pills, muscle relaxants, ice packs, heat packs, physical therapy, etc. Nothing is working and I am so desperate. I suspect God is testing me or something like He tested Job because never in my entire life have I been in a situation as desperate as this and He hasn’t answered my prayers. I know He must have a reason but this is getting very hard to take everyday. I just never suspected any of this to ever happen. Please keep praying for me so that I can get back to living a normal life soon 🙂
 
oh I also wanted to ask about the 54 day Rosary Novena (the Irresistible Novena). I was in the habit of saying 5 decades of the Rosary each day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory but I wanted to pray for my back, so I decided to make a 54 days novena (of 5 decades each day) for the Souls in Purgatory so that they would help heal my back. I still had a lot of pain afterwards, so I decided to make another 54 day rosary novena for my back. I asked my mother and my brother to say 5 decades each day with me for my back. I was still in a lot of pain so I decided to make another one. This time though, I said the whole 15 decades each day for 54 days by myself and my pain is still really really bad. I am making another one starting today (with the full 15 decades of the Rosary). I know how much the Blessed Mother loves the Rosary and how this novena is extremely powerful. I imagine there is no way my back would still be hurting unless it wasn’t God’s will to cure me since the Blessed Mother promises to answer all requests through the Rosary assuming your request matches the will of God. I’m very discouraged though because I have never said so many prayers in my life and He still hasn’t heal my back yet. I basically been praying constantly the entire year, but I can’t give up because I doubt He will help me if I stop praying. Has this happened to anybody else though? Like where you prayed a whole lot for something and didn’t get it? I’m really afraid that He wants me to suffer with this pain for the rest of my life. I can barely function and there is no way I’d ever be able to finish college or get a job or basically do anything unless He cures me. I hope He finally gives in and cures me soon.
 
To answer your question about praying very hard and not getting what you pray for …
I think you’re doing the right thing by asking the Prayer Warriors here at CAF to pray for you.

I hope the Holy Spirit directs many kind and generous souls
here to this thread so they can pray for you.

:blessyou:

With continuing prayers for you …

~~ the phoenix
 
Our Father, who art in heaven.
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
Amen.
 
CatholicUser777 said:
I’m very discouraged though because I have never said so many prayers in my life and He still hasn’t heal my back yet. I basically been praying constantly the entire year, but I can’t give up because I doubt He will help me if I stop praying. Has this happened to anybody else though? Like where you prayed a whole lot for something and didn’t get it? I’m really afraid that He wants me to suffer with this pain for the rest of my life. I can barely function and there is no way I’d ever be able to finish college or get a job or basically do anything unless He cures me. I hope He finally gives in and cures me soon.
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God sometimes heals us in different ways. It may be through the medical world that God heals your back.

It may be out of the blue that it heals one day. (I experienced pain from a herniated disc for a short time… then poof… it was gone…the doctor said it sometimes goes away like that.)

You may also find relief through a class on relaxation, chronic pain relaxation. Ask your doctor if someone in your area teaches a class.

Deep breathing exercises with tensing and relaxing of each set of muscle may be helpful. You may find a cd to listen to or words someone can read to you, while you practice the deep breathing and the sequence of muscle tensing and relaxing.

Learning about the 3 parts of pain may be helpful.
  1. The unpleasant physical sensation itself - (sharp, pain, stabbing)
  2. The emotional reaction to that discomfort - (anger, frustration, fear, rejection)
  3. The thoughts that are triggered by the discomfort - (The pain will never go away. I can’t keep going with this pain. I’ll never make it through my classes.)
God does not answer our prayers based on how many prayers we offer. Please don’t feel you have to add one more prayer for God to heal you. God knows your every desire.

Have you spoken with a priest about how much you pray and how you are afraid God wants you to have this pain for the rest of your life? Share your pain and prayer journey with a priest.

I do not think God has a desire for you to suffer for the rest of your life. Sometimes we have things that take a while to heal. We do pray, but we can not obsess with prayer so that we are afraid to stop the prayers.

The more you worry about: “there is no way I’d ever be able to finish college or get a job or basically do anything unless He cures me. I hope He finally gives in and cures me soon.” … the more you may actually be intensifying the pain. Not because God won’t help you, but because of your physical tenseness that comes from your thoughts triggered by your discomfort.

I suggest you speak with a priest for the spiritual side of this pain and that you look for someone who teaches a class or group therapy on Relaxation for Chronic Pain. Your muscles need to relax. Your mind needs to relax.

Stay in a state of grace… frequent confession and Holy Communion… then trust… trust that God will help you through your pain and disc problems.

When you pray, relax your body, breath deeply, do not rush … do not rush your prayers, do not rush your breathing, relax … you are in the Hands of God.

I am praying for you…for peace, for relaxing, for a relief in the pain you feel right now.
 
:gopray:

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now ever shall be world without end
Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee do 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

:signofcross:
 
I did speak to a priest several months ago briefly while in Confession and I am going to Confession again this Saturday. I hurt my back lifting weights but the injury wasn’t decisive, it was more cumulative stress on my lower back. I’ve spent hours on the internet and haven’t found anybody with a similar story. I suppose it could have been one of those freak things, but I think God must be testing me or something because who lifts weights and then all of the sudden can’t sit down in chairs without pain for an entire year? I just can’t believe it has lasted this long. I’m really sad because about a month before this happened last year, I consecrated myself to Jesus through Mary because I read about it in Saint Louis De Monfort’s book True Devotion to Mary. Basically you give the Blessed Mother all the satisfactory value of all your actions so she can give them to whomever she pleases. I’m surprised that this happened so soon after. I know that the Blessed Mother can obtain from God whatever she asks and I have asked her thousands of times to help me but it’s like she isn’t asking God to help me. If she was, wouldn’t I have received help already? She must know it’s for the best if I am healed later. I’ve just never had this happen before and it’s very upsetting 😦
 
RoseMary131 said:
God sometimes heals us in different ways. **It may be through the medical world that God heals your back. **

It may be out of the blue that it heals one day. (I experienced pain from a herniated disc for a short time… then poof… it was gone…the doctor said it sometimes goes away like that.)

You may also find relief through a class on relaxation, chronic pain relaxation. Ask your doctor if someone in your area teaches a class.

Deep breathing exercises with tensing and relaxing of each set of muscle may be helpful. You may find a cd to listen to or words someone can read to you, while you practice the deep breathing and the sequence of muscle tensing and relaxing.

Learning about the 3 parts of pain may be helpful.
  1. The unpleasant physical sensation itself - (sharp, pain, stabbing)
  2. The emotional reaction to that discomfort - (anger, frustration, fear, rejection)
  3. The thoughts that are triggered by the discomfort - (The pain will never go away. I can’t keep going with this pain. I’ll never make it through my classes.)
God does not answer our prayers based on how many prayers we offer. Please don’t feel you have to add one more prayer for God to heal you. God knows your every desire.

Have you spoken with a priest about how much you pray and how you are afraid God wants you to have this pain for the rest of your life? Share your pain and prayer journey with a priest.

**I do not think God has a desire for you to suffer for the rest of your life. Sometimes we have things that take a while to heal. We do pray, but we can not obsess with prayer so that we are afraid to stop the prayers.
**
The more you worry about: “there is no way I’d ever be able to finish college or get a job or basically do anything unless He cures me. I hope He finally gives in and cures me soon.” … the more you may actually be intensifying the pain. Not because God won’t help you, but because of your physical tenseness that comes from your thoughts triggered by your discomfort.

I suggest you speak with a priest for the spiritual side of this pain and that you look for someone who teaches a class or group therapy on Relaxation for Chronic Pain. Your muscles need to relax. Your mind needs to relax.

Stay in a state of grace… frequent confession and Holy Communion… then trust… trust that God will help you through your pain and disc problems.

When you pray, relax your body, breath deeply, do not rush … do not rush your prayers, do not rush your breathing, relax … you are in the Hands of God.

I am praying for you…for peace, for relaxing, for a relief in the pain you feel right now.
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the_phoenix said:
To answer your question about praying very hard and not getting what you pray for …
I think you’re doing the right thing by asking the Prayer Warriors here at CAF to pray for you.

I hope the Holy Spirit directs many kind and generous souls
here to this thread so they can pray for you.

:blessyou:

With continuing prayers for you …

~~ the phoenix
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