Feeling overwhelmed and guilty

[fred_conty]

lately I have been overwhelmed with some rules of catholicism, I just feel overwhelmed and sometimes I just want to go out and be “normal” again what would you suggest I do?

What you are describing “normal” is “sinful”, or “sin fun”. Your are looking back at the flesh pots of Egypt. Go forward not backward.

Your struggle is hard. Everyone’s struggles are hard. But don’t go back ward, it is just that much harder to recover lost ground. Everytime we sin we embed that sin in ourselves and then we later have to extract it and the memories it causes.

The only road we all have is prayer. If you keep your prayer life or increase it, then the grace will be there to sustain you in your struggle. If we miss prayer, the grace just isn’t there, and you know what that means. Grace imperceptable is the power to say no. The less we pray, the less we can say no. Never skip prayer.

The other point I would suggest is to give something up that you like each day. Maybe an hour a day without food and water, say 2-3 pm in honor of our Lords crucifixion and death at that hour. Why? Because the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. This helps the spirit to be stronger and have control when it is important, like resisting temptations. It doesn’t come unless we cultivate it.

If you do these things, you will cry on the inside and laugh on the outside. You will be so much happier for the Lord loves a cheerful giver.

Just some thoughts.