Please pray that we stop being miserable

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…because I don’t want to be miserable anymore. I don’t want my family to be miserable anymore.

I really try to be positive. I pray fervently. It seems I have done all I can. Please pray that God would send us the grace of good resolutions to all our current problems. I try my best to be a good Catholic. Of course I’m sinful and far from perfect. As for my family, most are nominal Catholics. I do pray for their conversion. But I live at home, so whatever problems they’re dealing with, I’m dealing with too.

And it’s hard. I am affected, including my health, my work, having difficulty concentrating.

It’s only morning right now, and look what already happened? I don’t even want to discuss it here.

What am I doing wrong?
 
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.
 
You probably aren’t doing anything wrong.
We cannot control others’ free will, and their choices and behavior.

Heavenly Father please help Fin to continue to accept the graces of faithfulness, prayers, and kindness that You offer.Father, in Jesus’ name, let this family be surrounded by Your light and love.

We offer Fin’s prayers, efforts, and good intentions, along with the intentions and sufferings of Your beloved Son Jesus, who also longs to save and bless each person, though many reject these graces.

You never give up, dear Lord.
Please give Fin the grace of lifelong faithfulness, even when others are so slow to respond.

Isaiah says, “I** was thinking: ‘I have toiled in vain, I have exhausted myself for nothing.’ And all the while my cause was with God, my reward with my God.”** [Isaiah 49:3-4]

For “the Lord is not being slow to carry out His promises…but He is being patient with you all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways.” [2 Peter 3:9]
 
Your request for prayers regarding this miserable world is timely as I just published an article about how the rosary can help guide us through these turbulent times: rosarymeds.com/a-world-on-fire.

From the article:
It isn’t all suffering and defeat. To end on a positive note, remember that this world and our lives are only temporary. The entirety of human history is but a blink of an eye compared to the enormity of the afterlife. The problems and turmoil of today, while they may seem large to us now, are nothing compared to the joy and happiness of Heaven. That isn’t to say that we can turn a blind eye to this world and its problems. But we must keep everything in perspective. We fight the good fight but our goal is Heaven, not this world. Remember, the crucifixion isn’t the last rosary mystery. We have the entire Glorious Mysteries after that where Jesus conquered death and prepared a place for us in His kingdom. Our end is not tied to a Supreme Court ruling or the HHS mandate. Our end is not summed up by bills, laws, and elections. Our final end is praising God forever in Heaven. Keep that in mind the next time you read the Drudge Report and feel like throwing your chair out the window in despair.
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Read the full article here: rosarymeds.com/a-world-on-fire. I hope it helps.
 
I am praying for you, and I’m asking for prayers for my own family situation…

One comfort I have is knowing that many of the saints were faced with similar or worse problems and were not miserable; as if they had a choice to NOT be miserable…

The difference between misery and peace is the choice to allow the Holy Spirit to govern our lives. It is trusting fully in God’s Divine Providence. It is KNOWING that God works all things together for our good!

My biggest FEAR (which creates the most misery…) is whether or not I am in God’s will. Outward circumstance, no matter how awful, if not caused by my willful rejection of God, should not cause me the same grief or misery as negative circumstances that I created by my disobedience or lack of love for God and neighbor. And even that has a quick remedy with a sincere confession and Communion.

So, when I contemplate my own misery, I often find no reason at all to be miserable. Either God has ordained or permitted it for my own benefit (and those I love), or I have created it by my own sinfulness which can quickly be remedied thanks to the salve of the Sacraments! 🙂

Prayers for you and yours. Please pray for me and mine.
 
fin said:
…because I don’t want to be miserable anymore. I don’t want my family to be miserable anymore.
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Do not let your prayer be “How much longer?”, but instead: “However longer!”

I pray to you, Father, to bless this little one with greater strength to courageously embrace the cross and offer to you all sacrifices, for there is great need of penance and reparation, and of little ones willing to offer themselves to you in imitation of our Beloved and in union with Him.

Yet, if it be your gracious will, I pray you may grant them a time of tangible peace without decreasing their merits and hindering their salvation, for I know nothing is impossible to you.

I trust that you will hear the cry of your little one and grant her the gifts needed to forget self and in her humility be fully hidden in You and become a true eirenopoioi, a blessed “maker of peace” (Mt 5:9).
 
Thank you all for your prayers and responses. I do pray the Rosary daily and have prayed 54 day rosary novenas and Mary Undoer of Knots novenas. Just today I have started an Undoer of Knots novena for the conversion of our sister ‘E’ to stop bullying and bothering my other sister.

I am more concerned for my distressed sister and my family members more than myself. My sister keeps on asking me, “what else should I do? I don’t know what to do anymore.” This is regarding E’s bullying and other problems at the office. Now I don’t know how to answer her. I just tell her to pray these prayers, to keep asking for the help of her guardian angel, to persist in praying and not give up. I am very concerned for her mental and emotional health. My brother once said that she saw our sister in her room looking sad. I have seen her that way before, and she does look dejected.

That is why I am praying for good resolutions. I know we’re supposed to carry our crosses and all. I am trying to carry the crosses of the people around me. And you’re right, it’s not ‘How much longer’, but ‘However longer’. The thing is, how am I going to tell this to my sister?

This morning my mom once again told me to pray that the office could find good staff. Because I was so exasperated, I rambled something to the effect like they have to help me pray, toxic entities (my sister E who bullies the office staff through the phone, since she doesn’t have a job and just stays at home) should be removed, otherwise this would just go on and on like a cycle.

I am sick and tired. I am sorry I said it. The thing is, when good staff are found, okay well and good. But if E starts bullying again, then how long would they stay? So what I have to pray for is a) good staff to be found, and b) that E would just stop bullying everyone, that she know and do God’s will in her life, start going out of the house and look for a job.

Now there are other related problems. If I go on and on this would take pages and even then, I wouldn’t be able to clearly explain them all. I have also prayed the healing of family tree prayer (I pray this every morning). I had Masses offered for our family tree healing. I am sorry, but I actually doubted the organization whom I requested to have healing Masses offered (I gave stipends and it was sacrificial). Did they really fulfill my requests last year, and if so, then why are these still happening???

Please pray for all of us for good resolutions. But also that we may know and do God’s will above all (I also pray for this. I prayed a novena to St. Catherine of Siena that I do God’s will even if a) it is difficult and b) I don’t want to do it, and to grant me the desire to want to do it)

Please also pray for me that I can move out soon. I absolutely have no idea how, but please pray.

Thank you once again for all the kind words and prayers. I pray for you at every daily Mass I go to. I pray that God grant you all the graces you need, true peace, success, love, good health, all the good things there are.
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among 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 death
Amen.

St. Jude, pray for them!
 
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.

†
 
"And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.

“And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.” Hebrews 11:32-40

Dear God, please rain down your mercy and grace upon fin, and give him the faith of and courage he/she needs to be strong in the face of affliction. Please forgive our sins. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
 
fin said:
…because I don’t want to be miserable anymore. I don’t want my family to be miserable anymore.

I really try to be positive. I pray fervently. It seems I have done all I can. Please pray that God would send us the grace of good resolutions to all our current problems. I try my best to be a good Catholic. Of course I’m sinful and far from perfect. As for my family, most are nominal Catholics. I do pray for their conversion. But I live at home, so whatever problems they’re dealing with, I’m dealing with too.

And it’s hard. I am affected, including my health, my work, having difficulty concentrating.

It’s only morning right now, and look what already happened? I don’t even want to discuss it here.

What am I doing wrong?
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Novena Prayer to Saint Jude
(Patron Saint of Impossible Causes.)

May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Be adored and loved in all Tabernacles
Until the end of time.
May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be
praised and Glorified now and forever.
St. Jude Pray for us and hear our prayer.
Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Blessed be the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Blessed be St. Jude Thaddeus throughout
The world for all eternity. Amen.

Our Father. Hail Mary.
 
most loving Jesus I pray that you may grant fin the peace of mind, comfort, strength, healing and protection

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.

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless
and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible,
look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us,
that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent,
but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will,
which is Love and Mercy itself.
 
Trishie said:
You probably aren’t doing anything wrong.
We cannot control others’ free will, and their choices and behavior.

Heavenly Father please help Fin to continue to accept the graces of faithfulness, prayers, and kindness that You offer.Father, in Jesus’ name, let this family be surrounded by Your light and love.

We offer Fin’s prayers, efforts, and good intentions, along with the intentions and sufferings of Your beloved Son Jesus, who also longs to save and bless each person, though many reject these graces.

You never give up, dear Lord.
Please give Fin the grace of lifelong faithfulness, even when others are so slow to respond.

Isaiah says, “I** was thinking: ‘I have toiled in vain, I have exhausted myself for nothing.’ And all the while my cause was with God, my reward with my God.”** [Isaiah 49:3-4]

For “the Lord is not being slow to carry out His promises…but He is being patient with you all, wanting nobody to be lost and everybody to be brought to change his ways.” [2 Peter 3:9]
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AMEN
 
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