Please pray for me, a lost soul

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As a Catholic, I have always been marginal. I am stcuk now between agnosticism, orthodoxy and catholicism. As a human being, I have failed everybody I know and some I don’t know.

I honestly don’t see how I can return to Church, any church. But I sure wish I could get my act together and try.
 
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.

†

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.

†
 
May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ speak to your open heart, and through His endless mercy pull you closer to the Eucharist, the source and summit of our life on earth.
 
Dear RKO,

No-one is definitively lost until they finally reject God in their last moments. As of now, the fact that you’re posting and asking for help is a telling sign that you have not given up hope. Keep that courage! So many saints have seriously failed others at some point in their lives. One very striking example of a ‘saint with a past’ is Blessed Bartholomew Longo: he grew up in a devoutly Catholic family, grew indifferent, then a critic of the Church, then an occultist, then a satanist, before he finally came back wholeheartedly to the faith – so much so, that he was recognised as exercising heroic virtues, and is now recognised as being among the blessed in Heaven. His satanist to saint conversion was not overnight, but I’d imagine that relatively few people experience an overnight conversion.

Please don’t be afraid. I will pray for you in my Rosary today. :hug1:
 
You’re certainly not the worst of the worst of us, but even if you were let me give you something that always brings me comfort. Jesus said to Saint Maria Faustina Kawalska: “The greatest sinners have the greatest RIGHT to My Mercy.”

He doesn’t dole out Mercy like a miser. Sinners have first right to It. Also, Jesus pursues sinners like justice persues a fugitive, except that justice pursues to punish, while Jesus pursues to forgive.
 
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.
 
Friend, please, relax a bit and consider the following:
  1. “I am stcuk now between agnosticism, orthodoxy and catholicism.” - Regardless how painful it is, this is only natural. Often people have doubts and troubles trying to fit 100% into a single religion and to accept 100% of its teachings. You don’t see them complaining, because they either ignore those parts that don’t fit or manage to persuade themselves that they believe everything, so as to avoid the pain, sadness and sometimes exclusion from their community. But God knows your heart and your honesty. He doesn’t want anyone to mutilate their minds so as to fit into any particular religion. But what we should do is to pray for enlightment. Like this:
catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=774
  1. “I honestly don’t see how I can return to Church, any church.” - I guess you can use either of the two Churches as a base to rebuild your faith and to discover the truth. I am a cradle Catholic living among Orthodox people and I consider myself lucky; I even use some Orthodox prayers, I’ve been to Orthodox liturgies, I think it can be very, very enriching for Catholics. But I wouldn’t leave my Church, because I was raised in it, I’m used to the Catholic mindset and I’d find it absurd to seek the inexistent “100% perfect Church for me” elsewhere. Why leave this gate and path and choose another, since both lead to the same destination? (Of course, you can use this same question as an argument for leaving, but then it depends on what major/minor disagreements you have with certain teachings).
  2. “As a human being, I have failed everybody I know and some I don’t know.” - If you have failed someone who is alive, you can **still **talk to them and apologize, which is a **huge **blessing. And if they are not alive anymore, ask God to forgive you. Then you will manage to forgive yourself too.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
 
nahbios said:
Dear RKO,

No-one is definitively lost until they finally reject God in their last moments. As of now, the fact that you’re posting and asking for help is a telling sign that you have not given up hope. Keep that courage! So many saints have seriously failed others at some point in their lives. One very striking example of a ‘saint with a past’ is Blessed Bartholomew Longo: he grew up in a devoutly Catholic family, grew indifferent, then a critic of the Church, then an occultist, then a satanist, before he finally came back wholeheartedly to the faith – so much so, that he was recognised as exercising heroic virtues, and is now recognised as being among the blessed in Heaven. His satanist to saint conversion was not overnight, but I’d imagine that relatively few people experience an overnight conversion.

Please don’t be afraid. I will pray for you in my Rosary today. :hug1:
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This is a wonderful post that speaks to me as well. I will also pray for you but I feel blessed to be a member on the forum to benefit from posts like this apply to my life as well.
I’ts like an Xtra benefit.
Peace in Christ.

Mary.
 
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 art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.

St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in the day of battle;
be our safeguard against the wiles
and wickedness 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 other evil spirits,
who prowl through the world,
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
 
Thanks to all for your kind prayers and advice. Also thank you to the person who PMed me with some links.

I am trying and appreciate your prayers. Not sure if I am trying hard enough, but I’m trying to try harder, if that makes any sense.
 
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.

†

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.

†
 
RKO: It makes sense – I need to try to try harder too. :o

Don’t forget: Our Lord made Peter the first Pope, and Pope Benedict is his direct descendant (though not by blood).

[BIBLEDRB]Matthew 16: 18-19[/BIBLEDRB]

May God bless you!
 
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.

†

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.

†
 
RKO, I still often pray for you by (user)name in my Rosary intentions and you are included implicitly whenever I pray for “all who have asked me for prayers and all for whom I have said I would pray”!

God be with you.
 
Thank you to all for your prayers and support. I am happy to report to you that it is working. I struggle with sin and avoided a big big one recently. That may seem like an obvious thing to some, but to me it was a major victory. I have started going back to Church and am still trying. I will get there with your prayers! Thank you all so very much for remembering me in your prayers.
 
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.

†

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.

†
 
RKO said:
Thank you to all for your prayers and support. I am happy to report to you that it is working. I struggle with sin and avoided a big big one recently. That may seem like an obvious thing to some, but to me it was a major victory. I have started going back to Church and am still trying. I will get there with your prayers! Thank you all so very much for remembering me in your prayers.
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I’m so glad to hear it. No, it can never be taken for granted that one will avoid any sin – “There, but for the grace of God, go I”. Be glad of that recent victory – thanks be to God! If your prayer or attendance at Mass seems dry or difficult, keep going and ask God for the grace to love Him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength (and your neighbour as yourself).

I’ll continue to pray for you; please remember me from time to time too, even in a ‘catch-all’ sense. (I’ve done that in the past; e.g., ‘for all the people on CAF who have asked for prayers or for whom I’ve said I would pray’!)

God bless you. 🙂
 
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