Prayer Request

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Please help…

This is not my first prayer request. The last few had been answered wonderfully. And I thank you for sending your love.

There are many things that I feel I can’t pray for. Because I feel I cannot pray. I am a candidate in the RCIA process, and have yet to receive my first confession. (this will take place Mar 22, God willing) I believe I probably am not in a state of grace. And it’s hard to pray…

Harder still when I continue to habitually sin. I struggle with chastity and lust. Days may go by where I can resist temptation; all is well and I begin to get peace again. But then a flash of skin and within hours I have fallen into sin, again and again.

Mortal? Venial? I don’t know. People have differing opinions and all are reasonable. But it doesn’t matter. I don’t want to sin.

I enrolled in the Rosary Confraternity and have failed to fulfill my pledge. It does not bind me under sin, but I feel shameful. I am shameful. I am a liar, an adulterer, insincere, double-minded and weak.

Please pray for me. Pray that I may make it to confession to begin anew. Pray that I may be permitted to be confirmed and allowed to share in the Lamb’s supper. Pray that I may pray and feel it’s okay to pray. That I may grow in communion with our Lord, and our Mother. That I may be able to discern His will in my life, whether to pursue a religious vocation or otherwise.

Pray that my family may be permitted to return to the church. For it has been broken for a long time. I long for them to return to the church with me.

May God bless you. Please stay close to Him. You who pray for those who ask. There is nothing worse than to feel disconnected from God. Please hold on.

Thank you so much.
 
Prodigal son, the wonderful thing about the Catholic Church is no matter how bad we have been, if we are sorry for our sins, we can not only ask for, but we can actually be forgiven for our sins! I will keep you in my prayers.
 
Written by King David whose sins included adultery and murder…ancestor of Joseph, husband of our beloved heavenly Mother:

“Have mercy on me, O God in Your goodness,
in Your great tenderness, wipe away my faults;
wash me clean of my guilt,
purify me from my sin.

For I am well aware of my faults,
I have my sin constantly in mind,
having sinned against none other than You,
having done what You regard as wrong.

You are just when You pass sentence on me,
blameless when You give judgement.
You know I was born guilty,
a sinner from the moment of conception.

Yet since You love sincerity of heart,
teach me the secrets of wisdom.
Purify me with hyssop until I am clean;
wash me until I am whiter than snow.

Instil some joy and gladness into me,
let the bones You have rushed rejoice again.
Hide Your face from me sins,
wipe out all my guilt.

Be my saviour again, renew my joy,
keep my spirit steady and willing;
and I shall teach transgressors the way to You,
and sinners will return.

Save me from death, God my saviour,
and my tongue will acclaim Your righteousness;
Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will speak out Your praise.

Sacrifice gives You no pleasure,
were I to offer holocaust, You would not have it.
My sacrifice is this broken spirit,
You will not scorn this crushed and broken heart.” (Psalm 51)
 
In my weakness You are strength

Jesus, You see my need for conversion and healing. I repent my unworthiness, and ask that You offer me as gift to the Father, in each broken moment restored.

Gather up my lost moments, Jesus! Cleanse and shape them with my sorrow merged with Your sacrifice. Burnish and set them with Your forgiveness, and illuminate them with Your love as treasures of witness, intercession, and atonement! Thus, make my flawed life into a gem of praise, service and delight for You in the Communion of Saints.

Praise to You, Jesus, who make treasure out of ordinary and fallen human beings!

“I live in a high and holy place, but I am also with the contrite and humbled spirit, to give the humble new life…I will heal and console him.” says the Lord God.” [Isaiah 57:15, 18]
 
prodigalson89 said:
Please help…

This is not my first prayer request. The last few had been answered wonderfully. And I thank you for sending your love.

There are many things that I feel I can’t pray for. Because I feel I cannot pray. I am a candidate in the RCIA process, and have yet to receive my first confession. (this will take place Mar 22, God willing) I believe I probably am not in a state of grace. And it’s hard to pray…

Harder still when I continue to habitually sin. I struggle with chastity and lust. Days may go by where I can resist temptation; all is well and I begin to get peace again. But then a flash of skin and within hours I have fallen into sin, again and again.

Mortal? Venial? I don’t know. People have differing opinions and all are reasonable. But it doesn’t matter. I don’t want to sin.

I enrolled in the Rosary Confraternity and have failed to fulfill my pledge. It does not bind me under sin, but I feel shameful. I am shameful. I am a liar, an adulterer, insincere, double-minded and weak.

Please pray for me. Pray that I may make it to confession to begin anew. Pray that I may be permitted to be confirmed and allowed to share in the Lamb’s supper. Pray that I may pray and feel it’s okay to pray. That I may grow in communion with our Lord, and our Mother. That I may be able to discern His will in my life, whether to pursue a religious vocation or otherwise.

Pray that my family may be permitted to return to the church. For it has been broken for a long time. I long for them to return to the church with me.

May God bless you. Please stay close to Him. You who pray for those who ask. There is nothing worse than to feel disconnected from God. Please hold on.

Thank you so much.
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Praying for your intentions …
 
As I understand from watching Fr. Corapi on EWTN, God can forgive you extraordinarily without Confession, which is the ordinary form. Pray for that!

Amen.
 
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