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coolduude
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Hello all,
I’m not around the forums much anymore but I found my way back here to ask you guys for some prayers.
My spiritual life is going down the drain to put it simply. I still pray every day but my church attendance has declined in recent weeks. I’m a half-hearted Catholic: I love the Church and all she teaches but the world of the flesh is getting to me and I’ve found myself slipping up more and more. My biggest demon is lust. I fall more than I want to (which would be never) and I don’t get to Confession as much as I should. Deep down, I just want a woman to love with my whole being. A deep, undying love that will be there. Obviously lusting is just pushing me farther from finding that love. I recognize that but I have the hardest time practicing what I believe.
Furthermore, and maybe this is the secular world getting to me, I don’t fully see what’s wrong with my sins. I know why lust is wrong but after lusting I have no remorse. Not only am I lacking the feelings but I am lacking any intellectual remorse (e.g., I should apologize [Confess] for my sins because they offend God). I just don’t want to apologize. The best way I can describe my thoughts is that I don’t understand the relationship between sin and God. Sin is an offense to God, yes, but… something just isn’t/won’t click in my head. Maybe it’s secularism, maybe it’s pride. I don’t know. But it’s not a good situation.
So I need your prayers. Please pray for me to beat my demons and be a faithful Catholic again. I need it now more than ever really.
Thank you.
coolduude
I’m not around the forums much anymore but I found my way back here to ask you guys for some prayers.
My spiritual life is going down the drain to put it simply. I still pray every day but my church attendance has declined in recent weeks. I’m a half-hearted Catholic: I love the Church and all she teaches but the world of the flesh is getting to me and I’ve found myself slipping up more and more. My biggest demon is lust. I fall more than I want to (which would be never) and I don’t get to Confession as much as I should. Deep down, I just want a woman to love with my whole being. A deep, undying love that will be there. Obviously lusting is just pushing me farther from finding that love. I recognize that but I have the hardest time practicing what I believe.
Furthermore, and maybe this is the secular world getting to me, I don’t fully see what’s wrong with my sins. I know why lust is wrong but after lusting I have no remorse. Not only am I lacking the feelings but I am lacking any intellectual remorse (e.g., I should apologize [Confess] for my sins because they offend God). I just don’t want to apologize. The best way I can describe my thoughts is that I don’t understand the relationship between sin and God. Sin is an offense to God, yes, but… something just isn’t/won’t click in my head. Maybe it’s secularism, maybe it’s pride. I don’t know. But it’s not a good situation.
So I need your prayers. Please pray for me to beat my demons and be a faithful Catholic again. I need it now more than ever really.
Thank you.
coolduude

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