Is it normal to not feel God's presence?

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I feel like not feeling His presence makes it easier to not believe. Thoughts?
 
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Do you even go to church? Do you feel distracted in church? How do you feel about your current parish, if you attend church?
 
He never stops believing in you. When you do not sense a loved one’s presence, what do you do?

Go in search of that loved one!
 
God will not always “feel” present to us. Even the Saints experienced long periods of desolation. (St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila both come to mind.) Don’t confuse emotions with reality or you’ll be easily led astray. (Speaking from experience.)

Jesus, I believe, help my unbelief.
 
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It might. It can be a sign that he needs to move on to a parish where he belongs, which can lead him to make many needed changes in his life. Some parishes can seem full of drab, especially if you have a priest that seems boring and preaches nothing but negativity towards life.
 
It is common to make the mistake that if you don’t experience good/sad etc feelings then you are not a believer or that you are struggling with faith. If faith requires feelings then we are making the feeling God.

There are lots of saints who had a very “dry” life when it comes to feeling God´s presence. Mother Teresa of Culcutta is one of them. How about spending some time with learning more about her?
 
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I feel like not feeling His presence makes it easier to not believe. Thoughts?
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Faith is knowing God is present regardless of the state of emotion. We may feel the peace.

Hebrews 11:1
Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.
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Phil 2
12 So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling [footnote: awe and seriousness].
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Phil 4
6 Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. 7 Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
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Matt 11
28 “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
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I can’t say that I’ve ever felt HIS presence. I just know that he’s there.
 
This is how I’d also describe it. There’s no tangible sense of presence for me, but nevertheless I know God is there and intimately with me.
 
Yes, it’s normal. Communion with God is a relationship to be desired and cultivated and grown in. And yet it will never be totally satisfactory in this life, while that very Presence will cause complete satisfaction in the next!
"Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." 1 Cor 13:12

God can and has given individuals profound “glimpses” of Himself, aka His “immediate presence”, in this life for His purposes, but that is rare and not what our faith is based on or sustained by. He gives us enough, and we respond to that
 
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You won’t always feel God’s presence. Take it from the Master. In his greatest hour of need:

And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
 
Yes, it’s normal. Some saints have called it “the night of the soul”. Take heart, the saints have felt it too.
 
You may need to attend mass today on EWTN. Fr. Matthew may have the answer:

 
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