Path to Forgiveness

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So I am not in full communion with the Catholic Church, though my beliefs fully align with those of the Church. I have only recently discovered the Church and have not gone through RCIA yet. On the occasions that I commit mortal sins, I feel so terrible about them that I burst into tears and cry myself to sleep, only to fall victim to temptation a few days later. I am trying as hard as I can to not sin, and I know God sees my effort, but it doesn’t change the fact that I have and that I cannot receive absolution from a priest. What is something I can do to tell God that I’m sorry and I want to be closer to him. I guess sort of like the penance one is assigned at Reconciliation… I just want Him to know that I’m fighting my hardest and I love Him with all my heart.

Also, any prayers for my struggles with sin would be greatly appreciated!
 
I will keep you in my prayers, and since it says in the upper right on here that you are becoming Catholic, I guess that means that you are going to enter R.C.I.A. when it next becomes available at the Parish you are going to go to/are going to. Thats a great start.

One prayer that my Father taught me when I was very young is called The Act of Contrition, I try to remember to pray it every night before I go to sleep. I always pray it when I go to confession, there are different versions of it, but this is the one I learned.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishment, but most of all, because I have offended Thee, my Lord and my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin, Amen.

God knows your heart and sees your efforts, pray for the grace to overcome sin. God bless you on your journey home to HIM.

Someone else once told me that idle hands are the devil’s workshop, so perhaps you could learn to pray the Rosary too. Here is a great site that will teach that prayer to you.

ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/rosary2.htm

Another great prayer to help you to combat sin is this:

St. Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil, may God rebuke him, we humbly pray and do thou O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Since sin is a spiritual battle, why not call upon those who do battle best?
 
I like saying this one too.

Forgive me my sins, O Lord,
Forgive me my sins; the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my body;
my idle sins, my serious voluntary sins, the sins I know, the sins I don’t know;
the sins I have conceald so long and which are hidden from my memory.
I am truly sorry for every sin, mortal and venial; for all the sins of my
childhood up to the present hour.
I know my sins have wounded Thy tender heart.
O my Savior let me be freed from the bonds of evil through the
most most bitter Passion of my Redeemer. Amen

God Bless You
 
pyrodude208 said:
So I am not in full communion with the Catholic Church, though my beliefs fully align with those of the Church. I have only recently discovered the Church and have not gone through RCIA yet. On the occasions that I commit mortal sins, I feel so terrible about them that I burst into tears and cry myself to sleep, only to fall victim to temptation a few days later. I am trying as hard as I can to not sin, and I know God sees my effort, but it doesn’t change the fact that I have and that I cannot receive absolution from a priest. What is something I can do to tell God that I’m sorry and I want to be closer to him. I guess sort of like the penance one is assigned at Reconciliation… I just want Him to know that I’m fighting my hardest and I love Him with all my heart.

Also, any prayers for my struggles with sin would be greatly appreciated!
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ask for grace… those 3 little words-powerful! I struggle too- ask our mother-truly- ask mary for help… its astounding.
 
I don’t know what it was. Maybe the prayers of the people here, or maybe some other divine grace, but my attachment to that sin has been dissolved! Thank you all soo much.
 
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