Finding God again

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I went through a deep conversion 3 years ago on the 11th of this month. I had never been so close to God.

Starting a year and a half ago, I stopped going to daily mass as often, I started falling into sin more, I stopped fasting. I stopped working on spirituality. Since then I have fallen far from the Lord. Things I held in high regard I have let go. I now am a slave of pleasure.

Please pray for me to return to God. I need him, and I want him, I want to become a man of God again.

Love,
-Steave
 
Time to get away from the daily business. Look for a place to attend a retreat. Your pastor can advise where to go. Go for a week, if possible. You need time to be converted again. It will be much, much harder to get away from bad habits if you don’t have a complete break for a time with the environment that introduced you to them in the first place. Good luck and God bless.
 
Things are already looking up! You have already received His grace…(shown by you wanting to be right with Him)…just carry on co-operating and He will lead you to safety. St Joseph is a very great, but humble saint. He is Patron of the Universal Church etc etc and can help us in any and all necessities.
MEMORARE OF ST JOSEPH

Remember, O most illustrious Patriarch St Joseph, on the testimony of St Teresa, thy devoted client, never has it been heard that anyone invoked thy protection or sought thy mediation who has not obtained relief. In this confidence I come before thee, my loving protector, chaste Spouse of Mary, foster-father of the Saviour of men and dispenser of the treasures of His Sacred Heart. Despise not my earnest prayer but graciously hear and obtain my petition.
Let us pray
O God, Who by Thy ineffable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose Blessed Joseph for the spouse of Thy most holy Mother, grant, we beseech Thee, that he whom we venerate as our protector on earth may be our intecessor in Heaven. Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen
http://www.stjosephshyd.com/StJoseph2.jpg
 
Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen
 
May our Lord finish the good work he has already begun in you. May you pray zealously and often and do plenty of spiritual and Scriptural reading. May you keep away form all occasions of sin and keep your heart fixed on the Lord. May you pray ceaselessly for the graces you need to remain in a state of grace, and persevere. Amen.
 
God in Your great love for Steave, please draw him deeply and faithfully into Sacramental life.
Fill his life with the action of Your Holy Spirit.
We than You for touching his heart with his desire to return to Your love and grace.
 
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.
 
I pray the Lord will hear our prayer for you. An Our Father, Hail Mary and a Glory Be.
 
ready said:
May our Lord finish the good work he has already begun in you. May you pray zealously and often and do plenty of spiritual and Scriptural reading. May you keep away form all occasions of sin and keep your heart fixed on the Lord. May you pray ceaselessly for the graces you need to remain in a state of grace, and persevere. Amen.
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St Alphonsus de Liguori says that if we want to have the grace of purity, we should pray the Hail Mary three times every day, in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.Finish with the following, (the words on the Miraculous Medal), also said three times.
  • “O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.”*
Sub Tuum Praesidium
We fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God
Despise not our petitions in our necessities
But deliver us always from all dangers
O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen
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Dee_S said:
Things are already looking up! You have already received His grace…(shown by you wanting to be right with Him)…just carry on co-operating and He will lead you to safety. St Joseph is a very great, but humble saint. He is Patron of the Universal Church etc etc and can help us in any and all necessities.
MEMORARE OF ST JOSEPH

Remember, O most illustrious Patriarch St Joseph, on the testimony of St Teresa, thy devoted client, never has it been heard that anyone invoked thy protection or sought thy mediation who has not obtained relief. In this confidence I come before thee, my loving protector, chaste Spouse of Mary, foster-father of the Saviour of men and dispenser of the treasures of His Sacred Heart. Despise not my earnest prayer but graciously hear and obtain my petition.
Let us pray
O God, Who by Thy ineffable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose Blessed Joseph for the spouse of Thy most holy Mother, grant, we beseech Thee, that he whom we venerate as our protector on earth may be our intecessor in Heaven. Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen
http://www.stjosephshyd.com/StJoseph2.jpg
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I second the prayer to St. Joseph. 🙂
 
Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen
 
Steve,

If you want to be a man of God, all you have to do is pray and go to the sacrament of reconciliation. The Lord is merciful and will forgive you if you repent. I had some problems of my own, but through a lot of prayer when I was feeling like I was about to fail Him, I was able to find a way out of the temptations just as he promised us.

Just remember that the pleasures of sin are all false. This pleasure only becomes an agony after the act. Only is God’s will the true happiness.

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 HOLY QUEEN
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy
Hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve
To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.

Turn then O most gracious Advocate thine eyes of mercy towards us
And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus
O clement, O Loving, O sweet Virgin Mary
Pray for us O holy Mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
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Hail Mary full of grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou amongst 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:signofcross:
 
Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen
 
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