Help for Brothers and Sisters in Christ

[Greenscapular]

I’ve seen on several other Christian forums a support board for our Brothers and Sisters struggling with personal sins of impurity ( Thought, Word, and Deed ).
I thought posting one of these boards here would be an effective means of encouraging one another to live a life of purity, and reassuring and comforting those when they fall.
I have struggled with sins of the flesh for three years, and I strongly desire to cease committing these sins. I am sure that many other here struggle with this as well.
So, perhaps we can post certain prayers and practices that have helped us live a life of purity, and work together to resist the temptations that come our way.

Yours in Christ,
Greenscapular

 

[Toni]

I recently heard something on EWTN, about a priest hearing a confession and the confessor asked the priest how long it takes to overcome this fault. The priest responded I hear a day or two after you are dead it will go away.I wish I could remember the who’s and the rest, but thats the best I have.

But I do frequently tell my sons to pray the rosary in times of temptation, and if all else fails take a cold shower.

I will keep you in my prayers, because I hear from my sons that chastity is one of the things that is hardest to be faithful to.

 

[mary_s_girl]

Hello, I desperately need advice on suriving a love affair my husband has recently admitted to having. Through the love of the Lord’s conviction, he has ended this horrible deed, and through this we find ourselves feeling closer and closer all the time. However, the adverse condition to this is that my husband works overseas. In reality, we are only given 17 weeks out of 52 to be together to work on our marriage. I want so badly to keep the possitive momentum of healing going. Any advice.

Thank you

 

[Viki59]

Greenscapular, my main method of avoiding sins of the flesh is remembering how much I hate to confess them . . . it’s just too embarrassing. Easier not to do or read anything impure.

Mary’s Girl, you might want to consider starting your own post, to keep it separate. My heart goes out to you – that is such a hard thing to go through. But it is wonderful that your husband has ended it and you are closer now. Your goal now is to ensure that it doesn’t happen again. Isn’t there some way you can be together more often than 17 weeks out of the year? It’s very hard to maintain a marriage that way. Can’t his employer work something out for you to join your husband? Or perhaps he should look for work in the US. Your marriage should come before employment. Jobs come and go, but marriage should be forever. And being separated so much is very detrimental to your marriage.
Will be praying for you.

 

[mary_s_girl]

You see Viki and thank you for replying, I feel that his job comes before I do. This is why I am praying for the Lord to come first in his life and for the Lord’s will to be done. This must come within him with conviction. This is so painful for me. There is no way I can go to the overseas job. It is a work camp that of which Prudhoe Bay is like. Not a place for wives.

If this is the wrong thread to post my problem on “help for Brothers and Sisters in Christ” then I’m sorry. I am just seeking advice and thought this would be a good place to start.

BTW, I am from Washington as well. I am going to a conference in Vancover, WA the first weekend of October and perhaps the Marian conference in Bellevue the end of October.

Again, thanks for replying.