I've Lost My Faith

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As you know, what can be said on CAF is limited, so I cannot go into detail as to how and why I have lost my faith. It would be more correct to say that I have lost my faith in the hierarchy which, in turn, makes me question whether the Church has ever been what it claims to be.

At this point in time, I need a miracle of grace.

Please pray for me. Often threads in this section like my own get buried or ignored. I hope that doesn’t happen. I do need prayers. Please.
 
Lormar said:
As you know, what can be said on CAF is limited, so I cannot go into detail as to how and why I have lost my faith. It would be more correct to say that I have lost my faith in the hierarchy which, in turn, makes me question whether the Church has ever been what it claims to be.

At this point in time, I need a miracle of grace.

Please pray for me. Often threads in this section like my own get buried or ignored. I hope that doesn’t happen. I do need prayers. Please.
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:highprayer: Heavenly Father, we pray for Lormar; give him Your wisdom, Your discernment, Your understanding, Your strength and Your peace as he seeks to find your face again; reveal Yourself to him; show him Your compassion and Your holiness and fill his heart with your grace, love, joy and peace!!!
 
God reward you for your kindness. I am a woman, not a man. 🙂

But I’d like to know what catholic with a heart could pass up a thread that says “I’ve Lost My Faith” in favor of others? There is nothing worse than the loss of a soul.
 
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God reward you for your kindness. I am a woman, not a man. 🙂

But I’d like to know what catholic with a heart could pass up a thread that says “I’ve Lost My Faith” in favor of others? There is nothing worse than the loss of a soul.
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Sorry … :bighanky:
 
I just said a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary for you and your intention, Lormar. God bless you.
 
The hierarchy are fallible men. I have experienced periods where I considered myself an agnostic. Praying for you.
 
Please read “Reasons To Believe”, and “The Collapse of Evolution”…these books helped me.
 
I also struggle with my faith as someone who converted to Catholicism 6 years ago. I had sat on the fence for 25 years and thought it was because I wasn’t in the right church.

So I understand where you are coming from.

Praying for you and everyone on the thread.
 
Praying for you, Lormar,

And I agree with you … the Prayer Intentions section of the forum should not be a place where cliques pray so much for their friends that other people’s very important needs get buried and ignored.

Praying from today’s Liturgy of the Hours …

INTERCESSIONS

… let us praise Christ, asking to serve him and to be holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life. Let us acclaim him:
Lord, you alone are the holy one.

You desired to experience everything we experience but sin,
– have mercy on us, Lord Jesus.
Lord, you alone are the holy one.

You called us to love perfectly,
– make us holy, Lord Jesus.
Lord, you alone are the holy one.

You commissioned us to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world,
– let your light shine on us, Lord Jesus.
Lord, you alone are the holy one.

You desired to serve, not to be served,
– help us, Lord Jesus, to give humble service to you and to our neighbors.
Lord, you alone are the holy one.

…
Amen
 
This just came to me to give to you…Pray this deeply as I will for you…

Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your mind…Amen…
 
Lormar said:
As you know, what can be said on CAF is limited, so I cannot go into detail as to how and why I have lost my faith. It would be more correct to say that I have lost my faith in the hierarchy which, in turn, makes me question whether the Church has ever been what it claims to be.

At this point in time, I need a miracle of grace.

Please pray for me. Often threads in this section like my own get buried or ignored. I hope that doesn’t happen. I do need prayers. Please.
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Jesus, Your faith was in the Heavenly Father, Your steadfastness being my living model! Kindly grant me the richness of such faith, To embrace Your Father as my true Provider, Having staunch belief in His eminent powers And to remain loyal to Him until my last day. If my faith shifts as temporary waves, Rush to my rescue without any hesitation, Protecting others from my fleeting frailty. May Your Presence always be lively enjoyed, Enabling me to shine as a flame of faith. My faith loyally reaches out to You!
 
People will always let us down. I went through twenty years of discernment before I returned to the practice of my faith. I first had to be certain that the church was true.

Please don’t give up-we need prayer warriors like you to lift up the slackers like me!
 
Lormar said:
As you know, what can be said on CAF is limited, so I cannot go into detail as to how and why I have lost my faith. It would be more correct to say that I have lost my faith in the hierarchy which, in turn, makes me question whether the Church has ever been what it claims to be.

At this point in time, I need a miracle of grace.

Please pray for me. Often threads in this section like my own get buried or ignored. I hope that doesn’t happen. I do need prayers. Please.
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Praying to the Holy Spirit to give you guidance, direction, strength & fortitude in your time of need.
 
I would encourage you to meditate on the Passion of Jesus.
He instituted the Church, and from the beginning, some let Him down.
Look to the cross…and find your rest there.
Remember the sorrow of Our Lady. She will comfort you as well.
Praying for you,
Clare
 
For your desire for grace in your situation I pray:

Lord help your servant Lormar attain peace in his heart and help him bear this cross. And let him always know that you are the way, the truth and the light." Amen.

And for the church I pray a passage from the Didache:

Remember, O Lord, Thy Church to deliver her from all evil and to perfect her in Thy love; and gather her together from the four winds, sanctified for Thy kingdom which Thou didst prepare for her; for Thine is the power and the glory for ever."
 
Saint Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil, may God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do you, O’ Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God thrust into Hell Satan and all the other evil spirits who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls.

Amen.

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Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be 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.

†

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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I will pray for you.

While this will sound sarcastic it is not meant that way, but remember Jesus’ church had an Apostle who betrayed him and another who lopped off a guys ear and then denied him 3 times in a few minutes. Not the best model…that’s why we are at times called to walk by faith.

If you want to feel a little better, look at what we Anglicans have to deal with!!!😃
 
Lormar said:
God reward you for your kindness. I am a woman, not a man. 🙂

But I’d like to know what catholic with a heart could pass up a thread that says “I’ve Lost My Faith” in favor of others? There is nothing worse than the loss of a soul.
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You are indeed right. But you have not lost your soul, just your respect, “faith” in the sad group of sinners we see in the Church. All of us can lose the respect of others and the scandals of the recent church would test anyone’s loyalty at a hierarchy who moved pedophiles around parishes; and kept silent when even the stones should cry out. Whatever you have lost in your relationship with the hierarchy, you have not lost the love of Jesus.
Dear Lord, see whatever justice there is in this woman’s complaint and salve her soul from that injustice. Give her the grace of your mercy so she can forgive. Ease her bruised heart as no one eases yours.
May her faith in the Church be regained in the work of the hard workers in the vineyard such as our beloved Pope Francis, but do not leave her alone in her dismay, but wrap your kind arms about her and hold her tight until the pain is lessened.
 
This portion of Psalm 73 has always been a comfort for me. I will keep you in my prayers!

Psalm 73:21-28

“And so when my heart grew embittered,
and I was pierced to the depths of my being,
I was stupid and did not understand;
I was like a beast in your sight.
As for me, I was always in your presence;
you were holding me by my right hand.
By your counsel you will guide me,
and then you will lead me to glory.
What else have I in heaven but you?
Apart from you, I want nothing on earth.
My body and my heart waste away;
God is the strength of my heart;
God is my portion forever.
Surely, those who are far from you perish;
you destroy all those who are unfaithful.
To be near God is my happiness;
I have my hope in the LORD God.
I will proclaim your works
at the gates of daughter Sion.”

God bless you!
 
No you have not lost your Faith, you have put it somewhere that you cannot find it for the moment.

As a Convert I got the Faith which is a Gift, and you have the Gift, but Converts generally have a fight on there hands to become a Catholic its easier when one is born a Catholic, of course that does not mean you don’t have your own troubles, but one is stronger in the Faith when you get it by fire, like my parents did not talk to me for 10 years, and got thrown out of the house at 17, so I had to find work and shelter so to speak.

I do not think you have lost your faith, maybe your questioning your faith which is different than lost. I will certainly keep you in my prayers.

THE ONE YOU SEEK, SEEKS YOU. Lord give me an insatiable thirst for you and then
quench that thirst.
 
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