Feeling broken after Confession

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Very often, I feel I am broken away from the grace of God after Confession. I know I am absolved, but I would feel myself wasting the graces I already have before committing mortal sins. I don’t know how to rebuild my relationship with Jesus. Every time after I sin it is like starting from ground zero again. I feel sad, but I always sin. One sin is already enough to wreak havoc with my spiritual life. 😦
 
Pray to receive the Holy Spirit. Remember the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
 
You gotta come to terms with the fact that we will always fall short, always and that feelings are not as important as modern society makes them out to be. Intellectually you know you are absolved, that’s what is important. As for rebuilding your relationship with Jesus, I don’t really know what to say other than don’t stop praying for it and to offer your sufferings tin unification to Christ’s sufferings on the cross. God bless
 
Have you tried the rosary? It makes the holy trinity and our lady very happy, its a great penance, it saves our soul and other souls.

If you don’t know how to say it, go to youtube and pray along, 5 decades takes 15 minutes.
 
Feelings are just feelings. Respectfully, maybe try to think of your feelings as something that happen to you that’s outside of your control (because that’s the truth), and intellectually place all your trust in Divine Mercy. Ask for the virtue of Hope.

I’ll keep you in my prayers.
 
If it is possible spend sometime in the presence of Jesus in exposition of the Blessed sacrament before you recieve confession and after you recieve. I find it humbling and uplifting especially if I feel weighed down by having fallen again when I have been trying my best to hold fast to being better. Keep your chin up! And I will keep you in my prayers.
 
Ever think you have more of a discomfort with your sinfulness that God does? He knows you inside and out, sins and all, and still loves you. Try not being so hard on yourself between confessions. Indeed, use that time to reflect on God’s love even in the midst of your sinfulness.
 
That is Satan, tempting you. he breaks you down and then you turn to sin to feel a little bit better because “You don’t deserve it anyways.”

Coming out of habitual sins is often very difficult. It can feel like trying to walk on the ceiling, and stuff can snowball into worse and worse events. What you need is God, always. Pray the rosary, pray the divine mercy Chaplet. Pray to St. Jude Thaddeus, patron saint of desperate cases. Never cease in your prayer. Ask God to help you accept your fallibility and humanity, so that you stop beating yourself up when you fall. You are weak. God is strong. It’ll be a fight, but we can all do it. God bless.
 
Well, rest assured you never start from ground zero. Growing in Holiness is like walking on a path. When you fall into mortal sin, you’ve fallen off the path, but once you confess, it’s like getting back on the path at exactly the place where you fell off. I know it doesn’t feel that way, sometimes, but it’s the best encouragement I know whenever I feel like some sin means I have to start all over.
 
I know what you mean, but trust me, you can do it. Increase your confession frequency if needed, even to weekly.

Also, don’t forget to focus on avoiding venial sins because often they will lead to mortal sins, as you know. For example, when I stopped I checking out women at Target, I felt less tempted to fall into lust.
 
Are you saying we can’t control our feelings?

But, after confession and you feel like this, pray, knowing that you are forgiven.
 
waitasecond; you just walked out of the confessional booth

you made a good confession

the priest said you are absolved and gave you a penance

you did the penance

your sins are forgiven…

not sure what else are you expecting (?)
 
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Happens to me. It happens when we start thinking of mortal sin too legalistically.

I mentioned this sort of thing to my priest in confession, and he reminded me that God never leaves us. God’s grace is always within us, trying to reach out to us.

If you feel otherwise, then it’s just that: a feeling. We can really separate ourselves from God, but I think we give sin the advantage and don’t remember God’s grace and love and presence and mercy.

Are you falling to sexual sin most often?
 
Any chance you get bothered by scrupulosity? Scruples can be a real nightmare and can rob us of our peace. Generally they make us constantly beat ourselves up and cause a lot of excessive anxiety about sin or fear of sinning.
 
Partly? As in you don’t always do it but it’s a habit you have?
Would you feel comfortable talking in PMs more specifically about it?
 
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