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Hi everyone,
I have been struggling with bad thoughts against the Holy Spirit. Would trying to think good things about him help me, I think it might. What good things should I think about the Holy Spirit.
Here is what I have so far:
The Holy Spirit is Good
The Holy spirit is my Help
The Holy Spirit is my Consoler
The Holy spirit is my friend
The Holy spirit is my strenght

Please add to my List if you can think of anymore. Should I think about the Lives of the Saints or Our Lords life whenever I feel tempted to sin or have a bad thought?Should I imagine myself giving the devil a kick up his backside whenever I feel tempted to sin or have a bad thought? 😛

Thanks!
 
I like to break things wide open and chase down leads to give me a fuller understanding and something to meditate on. Just flat statements - if they don’t mean much to you - may not be very effective.
Try going to a collegiate dictionary and looking up words that describe The Holy Spirit’s attributes. Like, for instance, What does “paraclete” mean? What does “comforter” mean? He’s the source of Wisdom, What does “Widsom” mean? and just go through and look them up.
Then pray to Jesus to give you a better understanding of The Holy Spirit, and a deeper love for The Holy Spirit. If you are having false thoughts, pray for the gifts of Discernment, Wisdom, and Understanding. God will do all the hard stuff. You come along side Him and work in HIs yoke. He’ll teach you everything you need to know about how to praise Him. If you struggle in any area, make that into a prayer.

Such as - I don’t want to pray the rosaries. “Lord, please give me a deep love of the Rosaries and put a burning hunger in my heart to pray them.”
I can’t pay attention during the Mass. “Lord help me to focus on You and surrendering to You during the Mass. Give me a deep love for the Mass, and a hunger to participate and serve in Your Mass.”
I just don’t read the Bible as much as I wish I did. “Lord draw me to your living Word. Give me a deep love of Your Word, and strengthen me with unshakable faithfulness to studying your Word.”
I’m having bad thoughts. “Lord I offer you my frustration at having thoughts I don’t want to have. Unite these sufferings with your infinite merits - for the conversion of sinners, the poor souls in purgatory, and an end to abortion. I reject these thoughts as unworthy thoughts. Come Lord Jesus and send your Holy Spirit into me to create in me a clean heart, a sound mind, and a deeper love for You and all things Holy.”

You don’t have to follow these particular prayers. They’re spontaneous prayers, just as an example of the kind of direction you should send your thoughts in.
Remember, your thoughts do NOT control you. You control your thoughts. Take a whip to the ones that are unworthy, unclean, undesireable - reject them and replace them immediately with the Word of God (speak the scriptures that apply out loud releasing their power - the power of the Living Word of God), and prayers to God for things that ARE desireable and pleasing to Him. And bring all thoughts captive to the foot of the cross. Bind them up and consider them to be your spiritual offering for an increase in holiness, so you can pray for Jesus to spiritually lay them on the altar and slaughter them, and then throw them in the fire to be consumed. (Spiritual / mental exercise - to visualize your resistance to unclean or unworthy thoughts as a sacrifice which the Holy Spirit makes holy and pure and then offers to the Father on your behalf).
Hope that helps in some way. Let me know if I rambled on too much and it doesn’t make sense. I do that sometimes. 🙂
 
Litany to the Holy Spirit

Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Divine Essence, one true God, Have mercy on us
Spirit of truth and wisdom, Have mercy on us
Spirit of holiness and justice, Have mercy on us
Spirit of understanding and counsel, Have mercy on us
Spirit of love and joy, Have mercy on us
Spirit of peace and patience, Have mercy on us
Spirit of longanimity and meekness, Have mercy on us
Spirit of benignity and goodness, Have mercy on us
Love substantial of the Father and the Son, Have mercy on us
Love and life of saintly souls, Have mercy on us
Fire ever burning, Have mercy on us
Living water to quench the thirst of hearts, Have mercy on us

From all evil, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all impurity of soul and body, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all gluttony and sensuality, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all attachments to the things of the earth, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all hypocrisy and pretense, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From all imperfections and deliberate faults, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From our own will, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From slander, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From deceiving our neighbors, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From our passions and disorderly appetites, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From our inattentiveness to Thy holy inspirations, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From despising little things, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From debauchery and malice, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From love of comfort and luxury, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From wishing to seek or desire anything other than Thee, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.
From everything that displeases Thee, Deliver us, O Holy Spirit.

Most loving Father, forgive us.
Divine Word, have pity on us.
Holy and divine Spirit, leave us not until we are in possession of the Divine Essence, Heaven of heavens.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Send us the divine Consoler.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Fill us with the gifts of Thy Spirit.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Make the fruits of the Holy Spirit increase within us.

V. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful,
R. And enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created,
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us Pray:
God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructed the hearts of the faithful, grant us by the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord,
Amen.
 
Thank you all. That is good advice. I will pray about this situation and ask that God gives me a better understanding and love of the holy spirit.
 
Read the book, “The Sanctifier” by Archbishop Luis M. Martinez. It is a classic book on the Holy Spirit. 🙂
 
Well, the upside is that the Holy Spirit is making you aware of the sin/bad thoughts. God is infinitely good. I always try and remind myself that loving and serving God is not about how good I am - but God empowering me to be good. Ultimately a sin against ‘one
member’ of the Trinity is a sin against ‘the other two’, because God is One. Ask Jesus our Redeemer and God the Father to help you. May the Divine Mystery of the Trinity heal you and empower you.

Maybe I am wrong, but personally I have found that my sins against the Holy Spirit have been where my intellect resists God and it comes up with excuses. My intellect ‘takes the Holy Spirit on’ and tries to debate with God. That is not why I was created. I was created to submit to God and surrender my will through my intellect. Our Blessed Mother is a vital companion in prayer here, because she surrendered her intellect in humility. A sinful mind would have wanted to know reasons and explanations for why and how a child could be conceived by the Holy Spirit. So ultimately, in my experience submission is a matter of faith. Fr. Terry taught me that faith stands for Forsaking All I Trust Him. And that is all I need to do. Without God leading, and directing me I get lost in a maze of my intellect, desires, aspirations (!). By becoming quiet before God and hearing His voice I can follow Him with renewed strength, a renewed mindset and a heart ablaze with Love. Divine.

I’ll keep on praying for you brother! May God continue to bless you and enjoy your journey becoming a saint. What else is there?!
 
I_love_rocks said:
Then pray to Jesus to give you a better understanding of The Holy Spirit, and a deeper love for The Holy Spirit. If you are having false thoughts, pray for the gifts of Discernment, Wisdom, and Understanding. God will do all the hard stuff. You come along side Him and work in HIs yoke. He’ll teach you everything you need to know about how to praise Him. If you struggle in any area, make that into a prayer.

Such as - I don’t want to pray the rosaries. “Lord, please give me a deep love of the Rosaries and put a burning hunger in my heart to pray them.”
I can’t pay attention during the Mass. “Lord help me to focus on You and surrendering to You during the Mass. Give me a deep love for the Mass, and a hunger to participate and serve in Your Mass.”
I just don’t read the Bible as much as I wish I did. “Lord draw me to your living Word. Give me a deep love of Your Word, and strengthen me with unshakable faithfulness to studying your Word.”
I’m having bad thoughts. “Lord I offer you my frustration at having thoughts I don’t want to have. Unite these sufferings with your infinite merits - for the conversion of sinners, the poor souls in purgatory, and an end to abortion. I reject these thoughts as unworthy thoughts. Come Lord Jesus and send your Holy Spirit into me to create in me a clean heart, a sound mind, and a deeper love for You and all things Holy.”

You don’t have to follow these particular prayers. They’re spontaneous prayers, just as an example of the kind of direction you should send your thoughts in.
Remember, your thoughts do NOT control you. You control your thoughts. Take a whip to the ones that are unworthy, unclean, undesireable - reject them and replace them immediately with the Word of God (speak the scriptures that apply out loud releasing their power - the power of the Living Word of God), and prayers to God for things that ARE desireable and pleasing to Him. And bring all thoughts captive to the foot of the cross. Bind them up and consider them to be your spiritual offering for an increase in holiness, so you can pray for Jesus to spiritually lay them on the altar and slaughter them, and then throw them in the fire to be consumed. (Spiritual / mental exercise - to visualize your resistance to unclean or unworthy thoughts as a sacrifice which the Holy Spirit makes holy and pure and then offers to the Father on your behalf).
Hope that helps in some way. Let me know if I rambled on too much and it doesn’t make sense. I do that sometimes. 🙂
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👍:thumbsup:Wow, this is really helpful. Thank you.
 
Porra said:
Maybe I am wrong, but personally I have found that my sins against the Holy Spirit have been where my intellect resists God and it comes up with excuses. My intellect ‘takes the Holy Spirit on’ and tries to debate with God. That is not why I was created. I was created to submit to God and surrender my will through my intellect. Our Blessed Mother is a vital companion in prayer here, because she surrendered her intellect in humility. A sinful mind would have wanted to know reasons and explanations for why and how a child could be conceived by the Holy Spirit. So ultimately, in my experience submission is a matter of faith. Fr. Terry taught me that faith stands for Forsaking All I Trust Him. And that is all I need to do. Without God leading, and directing me I get lost in a maze of my intellect, desires, aspirations (!). By becoming quiet before God and hearing His voice I can follow Him with renewed strength, a renewed mindset and a heart ablaze with Love. Divine.
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👍 Very helpful advice.
 
=catholicgirl201;8824884]Hi everyone,
I have been struggling with bad thoughts against the Holy Spirit. Would trying to think good things about him help me, I think it might. What good things should I think about the Holy Spirit.
Here is what I have so far:
The Holy Spirit is Good
The Holy spirit is my Help
The Holy Spirit is my Consoler
The Holy spirit is my friend
The Holy spirit is my strenght
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Please add to my List if you can think of anymore. Should I think about the Lives of the Saints or Our Lords life whenever I feel tempted to sin or have a bad thought?Should I imagine myself giving the devil a kick up his backside whenever I feel tempted to sin or have a bad thought? 😛
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Thanks!
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***Here is what I suggest,
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Reaize that there is, has been and shall ALWAYS BE ONLY One God; who just happens to be Triune in Nature: With God the Father, God the Son [Jesus] and the Holy Spirit being always Co-Equal and Co- Eternal. But Still Only the One SAME GOD***👍
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If this does not help, than may I humbly but urgently urge you to see a Priest to discuss your concerns,
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I’ll pray for you,
Pat
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Thank you all, that is very helpful advice. I hope to see a priest about this maybe this Saturday. Should I just say to the priest that I am having bad thoughts about the holy spirit and giving consent to and dwelling on those thoughts. I hope God will forgive me, pray for me .

To Porro:
I’m not too bad thanks. I will feel better when I confess these horrible thoughts at my next confession. How are you though ?
 
=catholicgirl201;8835585]Thank you all, that is very helpful advice. I hope to see a priest about this maybe this Saturday. Should I just say to the priest that I am having bad thoughts about the holy spirit and giving consent to and dwelling on those thoughts. I hope God will forgive me, pray for me .
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To Porro:
I’m not too bad thanks. I will feel better when I confess these horrible thoughts at my next confession. How are you though ?
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SURE:thumbsup:

That dear friend is the ONLY way that he can of help toy you.

I’ll be praying with you,

God Bless,
Pat
 
Dear Catholic Girl 102

I am so happy that you feel better and that you will be able to confess with an honest and sincere contrite heart. It’s a gift from God and it is so good that you could learn from this, believe you me, I have also learned from this question. My prayer for you is that God will sustain you so that you may continue to grow in Him and His perfection. I am well thank you! God is doing amazing things in my life and I am so grateful that He doesn’t give up on me. I find it great that Our Lady is praying with me and that the Archangel Raphael is bringing the healing of God’s love right into my heart and life. Just imagine what a wonderful time it will be when we get to tell one another in heaven of the mighty deeds of salvation God had wrought in our lives!! I’ll say a prayer for you for when you make take the sacrament of reconciliation on Saturday. God bless you, my friend 🙂
 
Sorry, but I did not make it to confession on Saturday 😦
I will let you all know and keep you posted when I go 🙂
 
Dear Catholic Girl

You have been on my mind this week again. I kept on praying for you in the hope that you will unlock great and beautiful things in God! How is it going? Are you finding this problem/sin easier to overcome now. I really hope that you can make it to confession this Saturday. I live and work in a holiday resort in South Africa and our priest comes to say Mass on Saturdays and I’ll pray for your intention at this week’s coming Mass! May God bless you my dear Sister.

May God bless you
Warm regards
Porra
 
Hi,
I went to confession this monday. I confessed all my sins and mentioned seeing bad things on the internet but the priest did not ask me what the thoughts were. I was forgiven, given 3 Our Fathers and told that I needed to have more self - control. Right now I am not giving those thoughts any thought and I have to say that I am getting much better 🙂 .
Thank you Porra for praying for me 👍 .
 
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