Foul thoughts while praying

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Lately, I have been bothered with fowl language coming to mind while praying. Like if I say the Glory Be, for some reason I almost constantly have the foul four letter word come to mind. It seems that when I pray that the four letter word is most of the time directed towards the Holy Spirit.
Also if I say the Hail Mary, when we say “Mother of God” the four letter word comes to mind again. This has happened quite a bit lately and it bugs me. Sometimes at the Consecration I have blasphemies come to my mind.

Now, I have rebuked these thoughts and prayed against them but I still struggle with it.

Does anyone ever experience this or have ideas about this?

Thanks and God Bless
 
CathMass said:
Lately, I have been bothered with fowl language coming to mind while praying. Like if I say the Glory Be, for some reason I almost constantly have the foul four letter word come to mind. It seems that when I pray that the four letter word is most of the time directed towards the Holy Spirit.
Also if I say the Hail Mary, when we say “Mother of God” the four letter word comes to mind again. This has happened quite a bit lately and it bugs me. Sometimes at the Consecration I have blasphemies come to my mind.

Now, I have rebuked these thoughts and prayed against them but I still struggle with it.

Does anyone ever experience this or have ideas about this?

Thanks and God Bless
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Absolutely. For starters just keep praying - the prayer to St Michael is helpful. You’re not sinning unless you consent to, enjoy and encourage the thoughts.

One nice thing to do against blasphemous or even disrespectful thought, words or deed (from yourself or others) is to learn the Divine Praises (from benediction) off by heart and say all or appropriate parts of them frequently. This acts as reparation but also makes you conscious of your thought, and in time it lessens heaps if not totally disappearing.

Eg if I were swear or hear swearing against the Lord’s name I’d say (or think) ‘Blessed Be God, Blessed Be His Holy Name, Blessed be the Name of Jesus’ immediately afterwards.

If I were to have a disrespectful thought during consecration it would be ‘Blessed Be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar’, for something against Mary it’d be the phrases beginning ‘Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy’ and so on.
 
That happens to me too. Sometimes it goes further and thoughts would race across my mind that are impure and unholy as I receive the Eucharist. I quickly shun these thoughts aside, knowing that Satan is screaming to me and trying to tug me away while I receive the Eucharist. Ain’t gonna happen buddy! Saying the Rosary and even go to Reconciliation more often can help. The more grace you have, the easier it gets 🙂
 
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Lately, I have been bothered with fowl language coming to mind while praying.
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What’s wrong with thinking about ducks? Or maybe it’s chickens?

I personally hate thinking about poultry during prayer. 😛

Now, before I get lambasted about my seemingly flippant remarks, I have found a sense of humor the best way to deal with intrusive thoughts. You are not intending to curse God.

Don’t fight the thought - you give it strength by doing that. Just let it pass through you like sand through a sieve.
 
Telll your fowl thoughts to go take flight. Or just shoot them down.
 
This happened today when I had been praying after mass. I was totally horrified. Then I thought of Our Lady and it was as if such thoughts had never passed my mind.
 
cheese_sdc said:
What’s wrong with thinking about ducks? Or maybe it’s chickens?

I personally hate thinking about poultry during prayer. 😛

Now, before I get lambasted about my seemingly flippant remarks, I have found a sense of humor the best way to deal with intrusive thoughts. You are not intending to curse God.

Don’t fight the thought - you give it strength by doing that. Just let it pass through you like sand through a sieve.
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Eggsactly:whistle:
 
CathMass, I had similar experiences a few months ago. Terrible, graphic thoughts even in the Communion line. I think the evil one was trying to make me give up hope, and was also angry at losing his grip over me. I was in tears for a week thinking I might be going a little bit nuts, when a good friend told me the same thing had hapened to her years ago. The evil one wants us to despair of God’s mercy.

The prayer to St. Michael helps a lot, as well as a daily prayer to ask your guardian angel to give you a hand. On CA Live one week they said that a daily prayer to your guardian angel will help nuture your relationship and bring you more protection.

Now I quietly say “get behind me satan, in the name of Jesus Christ” when those thoughts pop up and they FLEE!

cecilia
 
I’m assuming that you do, on occasion, inhale while you’re praying the rosary.

When I have distracting thoughts when I’m praying, I just imagine my inhaled breath as a wind blowing away all the distractions.

I’ve never had an issue of fowl thoughts, even though I often pray with my parrot sitting on my shoulder, but it’s something you might try.

Oh, and another vote for the prayer to St. Michael.
 
i experience that too. its very annoying. i push away such evil from my mind whenthat happens, really make it go.
 
I wear a St. Benedict Crucifix and whenever these thoughts come into my head I say the prayer of it.
English
May the Cross be my light! May the dragon never be my guide! Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!
Latin
Crux sacra sit mihi lux! Nunquam draco sit mihi dux! Vade retro Satana! Nunquam suade mihi vana! Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse venena bibas!
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I would think fowl thoughts would be rather inspiring: birds flying through air; closer to heaven; totally dependent upon what they cannot see.

Now, thoughts of fowl-droppings…that could get ugly.
 
Hi Cecilia!
Nice to see you here today! Yes, I too at times struggle with this. These thoughts seem to come out of nowhere! These definitely have to come from the evil one. I immediately call on the Blessed Mother and poof, gone. I would give a vote for St. Michael as well as your guardian angel.👍

Tee
 
havemercy said:
This happened today when I had been praying after mass. I was totally horrified. Then I thought of Our Lady and it was as if such thoughts had never passed my mind.
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I used to keep on saying “all those spirits speaking in y mind give prise to Jesus Christ”. I just kept on and on ad on now I don’t often have that problem.
 
It happens to me sometimes and what I usually do before I say my prayers is to ask God to lay His hands upon me and fill me with His holy spirit and lift up my burdens,anxieties,worries out of my soul/heart and thoughts.Even during my prayers those foul thoughts cross my mind and in between your prayers I say in the name of the Father,Son,and Holy Spirit,Amen in my heart and those foul thoughts disappear.Don’t get distracted by them,but keep praying and after you finish do confess to our Lord that you’ve sinned during your prayers.

Pax Cristi
 
I very rarely think about chickens or pigeons when I’m praying.

BUT every once in a while I get a couple of FOUL thoughts and they can probably be easily dismissed because now I will be “EGGsactly” thinking about a couple of the responses made here.

I can just imagine some basketball players making FOWL shoots by tossing chickens or turkeys at the basket.
 
wcknight said:
I very rarely think about chickens or pigeons when I’m praying.

BUT every once in a while I get a couple of FOUL thoughts and they can probably be easily dismissed because now I will be “EGGsactly” thinking about a couple of the responses made here.

I can just imagine some basketball players making FOWL shoots by tossing chickens or turkeys at the basket.
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Showing once again that, with Jesus, his yolk is easy and his burden is light:whistle:
 
CathMass said:
Now, I have rebuked these thoughts and prayed against them but I still struggle with it.

Does anyone ever experience this or have ideas about this?

Thanks and God Bless
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Yes, I do have that problem but it is not as strong as it used to be. One day, when I first realized that those foul thoughts coming to me that it never did it before, I came to the confession and ask my priest.

The priest told me not to against it by yourself, but bring that to Jesus, and also Virgin Mary. It truly helps me a lot.
 
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