Infatuated with a priest

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My brothers and sisters in Christ,

I am embarrassed to post this, but I don’t know what else to do. This prayer request is for me tonight. I have been struggling with inappropriate feelings for my parish priest for almost two years now. He is an amazing man, and I have failed and disrespected his dignity as a person in my thoughts and feelings of lust. Please pray that our Lord may untwist and untangle these feelings, past what the lies of sin have managed to do, until they’re what they should be: honest and pure ones of love and appreciation for this holy man of God. I never intended to feel any other way. I’ve been so weak.

Also, for all priests or religious who themselves may be struggling.

May God grant us all His strength, to overcome in His name.
 
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, pour forth your abundant grace and mercy by your love poured out on your Cross for mankind. Amen! :byzsoc:
 
The difficulty I see for you is continuing to have these feelings of lust for this man and possibly one day acting on these feelings. I would suggest you remove yourself from this situation by joining another parish where this will not be an issue. This will give you time away from this temptation in order to get control over it through prayer. Perhaps go to another priest for confession and guidance. You are surely in need of help with this matter. Perhaps a spirritual adviser can give you the advice you need. You are not alone and you can overcome anything with God’s help, but you must take the first step in the right direction.

If you continue to insert yourself into the fire, eventually you will get burned. Not only are you doing harm to your spiritual self, but you may end up tempting another into sin…grave and serious sin.

Pray, pray, and pray some more for strength to overcome this terrible temptation. I will also pray for you and ask our Blessed Mother to guide you.
 
:gopray: Father God sort out these feelings wrapped in sin. Let them all come out and be removed. Continue to strength our Friend who is so tormented. Bring grace and peace to them.

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.
 
Praying for your intentions.

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.
 
Praying for you to be strong,not give in into temptation and deliver you from evil

Our Father, who art in Heaven; hallowed by 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

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I will pray for your intentions in my rosary tonight.

God Bless
In Jesus through Mary
Steve
 
Keeping you and all priests and religious who may struggle in prayer with Our Lady of Holy Purity…
 
OP, excellent suggestion in CAtholic digest a couple of months ago, pray directly for this priest, for the strength of his vocation, for the preservation of his vows and for the greater honor and glory of God in his priestly ministry. For this priest and all priests, we pray to the Lord.
 
Father, we pray for mijajram and ask you to remove these feelings from her, both for her sake and the sake of the priest. Bless her with someone to bestow these feelings upon if it is your will. We ask all of this in the name of Jesus Christ…AMEN
 
I agree with the poster whose suggestion was for you to consider joining another parish…at least until you are able to be in this priest’s presence, without these feelings…I’m so sorry you have been struggling with this–you are in my prayers! May God grant you strength to overcome these struggles. ((hugs))
 
I wanted to thank everyone again for their prayers.
Thank you for your kind words of advice and encouragement.
It could have been so easy for you to rip me apart,
but your help has been a real testimony to Christ.

It has been very difficult, but things have been going well. God never stops amazing me. I have come to realize through His grace and through much prayer that this holy man of God was placed in my path so that I could learn how to love and care for someone in a pure, righteous way. God has been trying to teach me something all along and I was focused on all the wrong things. I have continued to open and offer up these feelings to Christ and He has slowly been transforming them. It has hurt immensely, but it is a beautiful thing.

I understand that this is still very much a journey and that I am meant to never stop growing, learning and maturing in my faith. However, He has been there with me the entire way and I can’t wait to tackle whatever challenges lie ahead, as long as I’m with Him at my side and in my heart.

Please pray for anyone who is struggling in a situation like mine. For the holiness and protection of all priests’ vocations, and the much-needed witness they share, we pray to our Lord.

I thank you again.
You are all in my prayers.

Mija
 
Praying for you!
I had same before, please pray, God will give you a right way.
 
Praying for you! I agree with the poster who suggested joining another church if that’s an option.
 
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