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Hey all,

I haven’t been around here much lately but I feel the need to post today.

Basically, I have no motivation to go to church, Confession, or even lead a good (moral) life. I know what I must do, and what I should do, but I don’t want to do it. I don’t think it’s laziness to be honest. I just don’t have any motivation, thus I don’t want to do anything.

Has anyone been where I am now? Can anyone offer some advice? :o

Thank you,
coolduude
 
coolduude said:
Hey all,

I haven’t been around here much lately but I feel the need to post today.

Basically, I have no motivation to go to church, Confession, or even lead a good (moral) life. I know what I must do, and what I should do, but I don’t want to do it. I don’t think it’s laziness to be honest. I just don’t have any motivation, thus I don’t want to do anything.

Has anyone been where I am now? Can anyone offer some advice? :o

Thank you,
coolduude
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Maybe you are with no motivation for anything and Church is on of them
 
Sometimes when this happens, it helps to read the writings of the Saints 🙂

also I believe that when we pray, etc, without wanting to, but still do it out of love for God… that really pleases Him. Just choose to have the motivation to love Him, even if you don’t feel it, - as long as you want the motivation and are striving for it, that is good.

God bless 🙂
 
coolduude said:
Hey all,

I haven’t been around here much lately but I feel the need to post today.

Basically, I have no motivation to go to church, Confession, or even lead a good (moral) life. I know what I must do, and what I should do, but I don’t want to do it. I don’t think it’s laziness to be honest. I just don’t have any motivation, thus I don’t want to do anything.

Has anyone been where I am now? Can anyone offer some advice? :o

Thank you,
coolduude
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one thing the church recommends for motivation is reading the lives of the saints on a daily basis, and for that i would recommend these books, which are cheap to buy but some of the best you can find - store.saintbenedict.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=12&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

the best thing you can do is pray, which you must force yourself to do since you don’t have the motivation, do it because you know it’s right, and that will lead you on the right path, because you cannot do good on your own, so you need to ask God for the help, and although you must pray whether you have motivation to do good or not, you should especially pray when you don’t have the motivation, because you need Gods grace, without His grace we can do no good, we are utterly dependent on Him, and although He helps us without our asking sometimes, we still must ask.

and perhaps it will at least inspire you to know, that God is more pleased with you for doing something good without the motivation to do it, because then you are showing that you’re doing it not because you feel like it, but because you do love God,
love is in our actions, and even if you don’t feel it, if you do good then you have love.

so pray, go to mass, do good(don’t just avoid evil, but DO good) despite how you feel…and just learn from the stories and writings of the saints why and how to be good and love God,
and also, practice mortification daily, that will help you to gain control of yourself and have more strength over your sins, and here are some articles to help with that - gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=13047443
these are suggestion for mortification, they are not to be all taken on at once, so don’t overdo it - gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=19085149
in regards to mortification and penance, you should never take on to much, and you should always ask for Gods help to carry out the penance or mortification, and if you feel overwhelmed, then just stop for the rest of the day and rest.

other than that, just be patient with yourself, and try to set some time aside each day where you can be alone with God just to talk, because that will also help you very much.
and ask Our Lady to help you to, because what we can’t get by asking on our own, she can always find a way to get for us(in regards to our spiritual well-being)

ok, so i hope this helps, take care.
 
coolduude said:
Perhaps. I have been diagnosed with low-grade depression. 😦
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Hmm, I thought your first post might be indicative of something like that. Depression is tricky; we don’t really understand what causes it and so we don’t really know how to fix it.

If this is an ongoing problem, you should talk to your doctor about it. Don’t get medical advice from internet forums. Or even talk to your priests, as they might be able to offer you some help and support.

I know I said “don’t take advice from internet forums”, but I will make a suggestion that you are free to ponder on or ignore if it’s no help.

Speaking personally, I have found that if I go through a “down” period, it usually has a single genesis. There’s complicated emotions and anxieties that may be going on, but there’s usually one trigger. You don’t want to ignore that (whatever it was); you have to address it.

Get your stress level down. Take a seat, remember that God’s always looking out for you. That’s something I heard in a homily last week, it doesn’t matter whether you believe or don’t believe or whether or not you’re looking for Him; He’s still there. Lean over on His shoulder and cry if you need to (Don’t let anyone tell you men aren’t allowed to cry. Jesus is God, and he wept a few times). Maybe listen to some inspirational music (may I suggest this song by 33 Miles, or this song by Gary Go).
 
Personally, I find myself stagnant when I am not challenged, or when I see no point to whatever the challenge is. The challenge to live more like Christ is always, there, of course. I would try one of two things:
  1. Contemplate Jn 2:13. When you think of Jesus’ actions, do you picture a calm, loving man? This passage speaks of Jesus fashioning a whip. Each parallel passage in the gospels shows Jesus flipping tables. These are the actions of someone with zeal, energy, and conviction. What could cause a gentle rabbi to do such things? Living in the world that we do, there are many things that should aggravate us when we compare the gospel to the present. When I consider these differences, it gives me the energy and strength to combat it, especially in my own self.
  2. Explore gratitude. Consider what you have been given, where you are, who you know, what you do, everything that God has blessed you with. Gratitude should even be applied to the difficulties in our lives because they are another side of God’s plan. Approach this slowly, thinking in the immediate, the very recent, and the present. Then, branch out to things that don’t come to mind readily. By examining your life in terms of what you should be thankful for, you should come to an impetus to be a more active Catholic.
 
You may not have motivation my friend but you do have love for God, you see you would not have posted this if you had not, you want help to be motivated further, the devil loves people who are luke warm, try to meditate…when you go to sleep before you drift off, think of Jesus on the other side of the lake from were you are standing, get in the boat and go over to him on the other side of the lake, get out, he will greet you and you can sit on a rock and chat to him, now let you mind go free, and clear, you will here Jesus speak to you, it wont be your imagination, it will be him, listen to him he will tell you your next step…I promise this will work and you will be truly surprised at what he says… he will speak to your heart but you must be ready to listen. God bless and let us know how you got on, this is a gift from the holy spirit, to all that truly love God.

God Bless
 
Hi,
Just be faithful to your prayer life even tho you don’t feel like it.
Spiritual tiredness comes and goes.
The difficulity is a grace. Treat it as such and thank Jesus for it
because He is allowing you to prove your love thru faithfulness.
 
coolduude said:
Perhaps. I have been diagnosed with low-grade depression. 😦

Haha good advice. I’ll remember that when I actually can get married 😃
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When my kids say that they do not feel like studying, I tell them that they do not need to feel, they need just to study. Generally it works, for most people think that kids need to “enjoy” school, “to love” study. Nothing wronger.

The same to mass. You do not need motivation. You just go to Church. With or without motivation. Period.

Best said than done !!!
 
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