Peace, Hope and Trust

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I am at peace most times in regards myself. My house could burn down, I could get terminal cancer, lose my job, I think I could deal with all that quite well. I think. My problem is two loved ones who have fallen away, in deep trouble both in some danger of dying, one in serious danger of death who is in despair and is rejecting any and all calls to come home to the Faith. The parish priest has approached her several times too. i have no peace and am in anguish of suffering watching these two loved ones, one with one foot in the grave of hell. I pray rosaries, novenas, but I also know that"no man can deliver his brother unto God" the other person is my son. My heart aches and all I can do is pray. And watch these two loved ones reject over and over, all attempts to help them. I can take just about anything ng that happen to me. But to watch a loved one self destruct? How did the Saints find peace when loved ones were rejecting God?
 
fiona8757 said** : “I am at peace most times in regards myself…
My problem is two loved ones who have fallen away [from the Church], in deep trouble, both in some danger of dying, one in serious danger of death who is … rejecting any and all calls to come home to the Faith…
i have no peace, and am in anguish of suffering, watching these two loved ones, one with one foot in the grave of hell…
My heart aches, and all I can do is pray. And watch these two loved ones reject … all attempts to help them.
How did the Saints find peace when loved ones were rejecting God?”**

FAITH in God.

God is the MOST important “person” in the World.
A devout Believer can put her Faith in God (and, LOVING her God) as the most important thing to do.

Then, they look at a person who has NO Faith in God (or, Faith in the “Wrong” Religion, or, has Faith, but still Sins like there’s no Tomorrow).
They feel a short-lived Pity for that person who has chosen his Path of Folly.
This devout Believer may even feel as poorly as you do, but KNOWS :** “My heart aches, and all I can do is pray.”**
But (soon) then, to keep Honoring God, for being God, they look Past this “Pain” … and re-focus on God.
After all, they have asked God (many times) to assist them in this Situation, but God has chosen to NOT interfere with that Hell-bound Sinner.
And, a devout person will believe that God knows Best about how things work out down here.
And, as far as a Loved One, just remember that …People do what people do.

Either Love of God is important to a Christian, or it RANKS Second Place to the foibles of the World.
Canonized Saints (while alive) kept things in their proper perspective (at least Most of the Time, anyway).
Certainly, these Saints were not Happy that Millions of people go to Hell each Year.
But, there is a BIG difference between not being Happy … and living in Deep Despair.
Being in Deep Despair (in a way) is NOT believing Deeply in God.
 
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I am at peace most times in regards myself. My house could burn down, I could get terminal cancer, lose my job, I think I could deal with all that quite well. I think. My problem is two loved ones who have fallen away, in deep trouble both in some danger of dying, one in serious danger of death who is in despair and is rejecting any and all calls to come home to the Faith. The parish priest has approached her several times too. i have no peace and am in anguish of suffering watching these two loved ones, one with one foot in the grave of hell. I pray rosaries, novenas, but I also know that"no man can deliver his brother unto God" the other person is my son. My heart aches and all I can do is pray. And watch these two loved ones reject over and over, all attempts to help them. I can take just about anything ng that happen to me. But to watch a loved one self destruct? How did the Saints find peace when loved ones were rejecting God?
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They prayed and they trusted in God. I think every
Catholic parent to some degree goes through these
types of tortures.
What I learned is it’s best to let Mary bring the children
back in Gods time.
Remember your son has his own purpose before God.
God created your son for Himself not you.
And knowing that we all have our own purpose means
sometimes you need to just pray but remove yourself
as a factor?
 
marywarfield said it well** : “it’s best to let Mary bring the children back in God’s time.”**

Countless Millions of people have “Repented” fully on their Deathbed.

And so, if a Loved One may Repent in time … it is Best to Let Go of the countless Hours of Worry.
It would be Better, to worry terribly when that person has only a Day or 2 left.

The Good News about having a fatal disease, is that it takes a lot of Time to die.
And, this gives that person 100s of Days to decide to believe in God, and Repent.
I feel pity for those people who die instantly in a Car Crash … they were denied their Chance to Repent.
 
I have heard it said that no pain compares to the pain of a mother watching her child suffer and being unable to relieve that suffering…so I ask the Blessed Mother, as Mother to the Savior Himself, to have pity on MY aching heart and to ask her Divine Son to extend graces to my own wayward child. There is yet hope for him, I can feel it. I am worried, he keeps bad company, is still on a bad path, but I still FEEL there is real hope there.

The other is my dearest friend who entered the church two years ago,is in bad health, then fell away and has fallen into DEEP despair, alcohol, drugs, refuses to talk to me, texted me and told me there was “no hope for her anymore”. I texted her back the dialogue from “The Way Of Divine Love” between Our Lord and a Despairing Soul…have tried emails. Telling her of God’s boundless Mercy, how He aches for her to return, the ocean of His love and mercy, how her sins could never exceed His love and Mercy. No answer. Her sister tells me the drugs and alcohol have drowned out everything else. Along with depression. Her sister said she gets my emails but does not answer. Were I to go over, she would not answer the door. To make matters worse, the parish priest who has tried to get a hold of her and help her told her it was MY responsibility, as her sponsor, to get her back. 😦 Her sister is afraid she will simply overdose or have a stroke. Her sister is a medical professio nal and feels the outlook is bleak. I am real fear for my friend’s soul.

I am at peace with pretty much everything in the world. But my heart aches almost physically, it is an almost physical PAIN for these two. I will never give up hope; that would not be Catholic. But the anxiety remains. In this one area I cannot “Let go, and Let God” Maybe I fear if I do I will feel I have given up on them? I don’t know. And part of me wonders if this is not part of a cross I am supposed to be bearing? The pain of loving someone who does not love God?
 
I did not see the above replies before I posted this above. Thank you all. Continued prayer and I shall keep trying to leave it in God’s hands after doing my best.
 
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