Is there a point to praying and fasting during mortal sin?

[BigRon]

There is someone I love (not a romantic love) and care about but have lost them. Tomorrow is their birthday which I had hoped to spend with them but I will never see them again. I was planning on fasting for them and offering all my prayers for them tomorrow but as I am in mortal sin is it pointless/fruitless?

As it is for someone else does God still help them or does God put it to one side until I am back in a state of grace and then help them or are they completely unhelpful because of my spiritual state? Would it be better to wait until I have been to confession and then pray and fast for them?

The whole thing confuses me.

 

[byzpilgrim]

It is NEVER pointless to pray & fast. Pray & fast now, go to confession as soon as you can, receive the Holy Mystery of The Eucharist & continue to pray. God knows your intentions, but awaits your actions.

 

[TK421]

Yes, you can pray & fast before receiving Absolution.

 

[Camehome4john6]

You could make a Act of Perfect Contrition (out of love for God not fear of hell), fast and pray for your friend, and get to confession as soon as you can.

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[Wandile]

As one saint said, even in the midst of sin… pray!
God desires to you pray even more in such situations.

 

[Mac]

We can always pray, but if you know your in mortal sin, your first priority in life should be confession , go with out delay .

 

[Wandile]

We can always pray, but if you know your in mortal sin, your first priority in life should be confession , go with out delay .

Those two aren’t mutually exclusive.

Someone may not have desire to go to confession and only through prayer receive the grace to realise the urgency to go to confession.

 

[EXdrinker]

I was planning on fasting for them and offering all my prayers for them tomorrow but as I am in mortal sin is it pointless/fruitless?

Anytime you pray you are only responding to God’s call for you to enter into prayer. His invitation to prayer always comes first and our’s is a response to this. Since He is calling us to it then it cannot be fruitless, ever.

CCC 2567
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2567.htm