Please Help

[Joe_Brown]

I was sitting on the bus today and a good looking girl sat beside me. All of a sudden I got an erection while I was trying to get all the immoral thoughts out of my head. Is this a sin. In the last few weeks I have been thinking that everything I do is a sin!. Ah it ruining my life

 

[teachccd]

While I believe that his should be in the moral theology thread instead of the Liturgy and Sacraments thread, I could imagine that if you were not willfully entertaining thoughts of lust there would be no sin. Many times our bodies will react to visual stimulus without our full consent of the will. If you were sitting there lusting after her then you would be in sin. This would be best discussed on the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In that light, you are in the right forum and I cannot express the importance of regular confession especially with weakness in this area. God Bless…teachccd

 

[KingAlfred]

I was sitting on the bus today and a good looking girl sat beside me. All of a sudden I got an erection while I was trying to get all the immoral thoughts out of my head. Is this a sin. In the last few weeks I have been thinking that everything I do is a sin!. Ah it ruining my life

Take it easy, Joe. You’re human. You experience human feelings. You didn’t act on your impulses toward the girl, right? So…you’re okay. Try to look away next time, and think about something else. It’s difficult. We *are *human. Lust is a basic fact of life. It’ll always be there, and the battle to control it will always have to be fought. Keep fighting. There’s the victory.

 

[Aramis]

If it bothers you enough to ask, it’s worth confessing.

 

[Michael038]

I was sitting on the bus today and a good looking girl sat beside me. All of a sudden I got an erection while I was trying to get all the immoral thoughts out of my head. Is this a sin. In the last few weeks I have been thinking that everything I do is a sin!. Ah it ruining my life

It’s good that you work on getting those thoughts out of your head. The thing is most of the time as men we will get those thoughts it’s what we do after we get those thoughts that’s important. I remind myself that women are our sisters in Christ that helps me to get rid of the rubbish that the devil throws my way. It’s always going to be a battle, but we have to do our best to fight those demonds so that we dont fall into serious sin. Check out Jesse Romero’s website when you get a chance, he is a Catholic evangalist and has some tools on there that might be of help.

www.jesseromero.com

 

[Feedmysheep]

I seem to remember that it isn’t the THOUGHT which is sinful, but the ENTERTAINING of the thought.

But I agree about the confession bit, not because what you did was sinful, but because every time we avail ourselves of the sacrament, we gain the graces necessary to continue our fight against evil.

 

[SenorSalsa]

i dont entertain sexual thoughts, they entertain me

ok, so I stole that joke, from the same person im gonna steal the serious part of the post.

Think of Sexual thoughts like a bird. They are gonna fly above your head. You you can wave to them, watch them fly by, but make sure they they keep flying. Dont let them stop and nest in your hair.

Sexual thoughts are going to happen. But dont let them occupy you. Recognize that they are there, then let them pass.

 

[Leo1]

I was sitting on the bus today and a good looking girl sat beside me. All of a sudden I got an erection while I was trying to get all the immoral thoughts out of my head. Is this a sin. In the last few weeks I have been thinking that everything I do is a sin!. Ah it ruining my life

You are a normal guy! A normal person! It would take a saint of exceptional magnitude for this kind of think not to happen. We have thoughts that pop into our heads unbidden all the time. The same with desires and feelings. We all have situations like yours, get mad at someone, become frustrated, etc. etc. You don’t sin unless you encourage, consciously fantasize, or otherwise wilfully engaged such desires. You might not think this is relevant a first blush, but there is a thread on “masterbation” that discusses some of these problems. There is some good advice there that is relevant to your situation. Go to: forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=208045

 

[Julian_Peters]

Thank you to all who have participated. This thread is now closed.