I broke my Lent :(

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hey guys so i just feel so bad right now. i really feel like i disappointed God and myself. i gave up masturbation and pron for lent and with lent being almost over i broke it (masturbation). i was really going in strong in the first couple of weeks but these last weeks have been really challenging for me. usually when lent is over for me i feel success but i probably won’t as much this year because i was so close but yet so far. i wouldn’t really feel ‘accomplished’. im still going to keep my lent promise for the rest of the week but i just feel really down right now.
 
Go to confession and keep fighting the good fight. Do not let satan trick you into thinking your victories are meaningless because you’ve suffered a few defeats. You have a chance to begin again, and the progress in virtue you made up until now has not been undone. God lets us fall sometimes to keep us humble- to remind us that it is by His grace that we avoid sin. Do not be discouraged. Get to confession, be restored to God’s grace, and jump back into the fight.
 
You can make it up to give up masturbation and porn for the rest of your life…you can see it this way “Since I failed my promise to God, I’m going to stop doing this for the rest of my life.” (like a way of punishment, but it’s not really). I’ll pray for you. Don’t let the devil deceive you, don’t give up. 👍
 
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hey guys so i just feel so bad right now. i really feel like i disappointed God and myself. i gave up masturbation and pron for lent and with lent being almost over i broke it (masturbation). i was really going in strong in the first couple of weeks but these last weeks have been really challenging for me. usually when lent is over for me i feel success but i probably won’t as much this year because i was so close but yet so far. i wouldn’t really feel ‘accomplished’. im still going to keep my lent promise for the rest of the week but i just feel really down right now.
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I think that your problem is that you trusted more in yourself than in God. I can see that because you are talking about a sense of accomplishment that now is lost. Surrender yourself, trust in God, go to confession and move on. Allow God to accomplish what is good for you and do not be prideful to call it your accomplishment because it is really His.
 
Christ rose and fell under His cross. I guess getting back is the lesson. I dare say that if one does not crack under one’s lent one is perhaps not being lenten enuff?
 
Take it an hour at a time. Just promise yourself not to touch yourself for the next hour. And when that hour is up, do the same for the next hour (or even start with the next five minutes if that helps!). Don’t try to imagine getting through the day, it may discourage you. Change your routines so that you don’t get into a masturbation habit. Pray the Blessed Mother often and go to Mass very frequently for strength. Read lots of good Catholic reading material on topics like repentance and mortification. Inundate your soul with lots of good spiritual thought and it’ll crowd out the “need” to masturbate. Contemplate the passion of Jesus Christ to remind yourself of what God suffered for the sake of our sins. When your life becomes focused on spirituality, masturbation becomes uglier and uglier and you just don’t want to do it.

There are probably some things you need to do on a psychological level, but since I don’t know you, I can’t say, but that’s very important, too!
 
Look at the Stations of the Cross. How many times did Jesus fall? How many times did He get back up again (clue: it’s the same number). Jesus was able to come to Calvary to win the victory over death not because He didn’t fall but because He got up again each time He did fall.

When you fall into sin, go to confession and get up again. You will eventually find yourself in Heaven if you get up each and every time you fall.
 
thanks guys i really felt down about this so much. usually i get over things quite quickly and hope to do better. but this situation is taking longer especially because it’s a really big deal to me. but anyways thanks for the words of encouragement. i feel a little better, just go to move on and start strong again.😉
 
You are not alone. I give thanks that God’s Love and Mercy are endless.
 
Cristiano said:
I think that your problem is that you trusted more in yourself than in God. I can see that because you are talking about a sense of accomplishment that now is lost. Surrender yourself, trust in God, go to confession and move on. Allow God to accomplish what is good for you and do not be prideful to call it your accomplishment because it is really His.
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Well said. 👍
 
You are not alone, go to confession.

Just to let you know, I gave up the same things for Lent, and I fell many times. Since my first Reconciliation was last week (I’m new), I have had no problems. It was a horrible struggle before, now after I have confessed, it isn’t a problem at all.

God’s Mercy is truly wonderful and endless.
 
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