Prayers For Me

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I confess to you, my brethren, that I have recently fallen into the habit of masturbating again. I am so busy with school, I do not have time to pray often in order to resist temptation. Every day is the same: Masturbate, then repent, masturbate, then repent. After masturbating, I cry because I offended God.

I beg you to pray for me so that I may overcome this evil sin. :signofcross:

Again, crying because I offended God, Our Lady, and all the saints in heaven. :crying: Please pray for me.

I confess to Almighty God, the Blessed Mary-ever-Virgin, the blessed Saint Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, my brethren, that I have sinned so exceedingly in my thoughts, and in my words, and in my deeds. I therefore beseech the Blessed Mary-ever-Virgin, the blessed Saint Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, my brethren, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
 
Ask Our Lady to bring your problem to her Son, Divine Mercy, for help and answers and direction. I believe you will receive the help and support and answers you seek in His Name.
Elizabeth
 
Lord, please grant bben the graces to mature this soul into strength to resist sin. Send holy angels to minister to this soul in the face of every temptation. Draw bben into an understanding of the sacredness of the body, the spousal meaning of the body, and the God-given gift of the sexual faculties appropriate in that context. Accept this soul’s every suffering and joy, every struggle, every failure, and every success, as purifying occasions. Accept bben’s every prayer in union with your Passion, and lead this soul toward the eternal garden of joy, now, unto eternity. Have mercy, Lord. Our Lady, angels, and saints, pray with us. Amen.

bben, consider also: I think it helps to study and learn the Church’s theology of the body and the sacredness of one’s gifts of fertility. This can help mature the soul beyond thinking that in order to be “content” one must engage in sexual activity, which is a fallacy. It also helps to understand the damage caused by illicit sexual activity. Even with masturbation, I think C.S. Lewis offers excellent insight:
*For me the real evil of masturbation would be that it takes an appetite which, in lawful use, leads the individual out of himself to complete (and correct) his own personality in that of another (and finally in children and even grandchildren) and turns it back; sends the man back into the prison of himself, there to keep a harem of imaginary brides.

And this harem, once admitted, works against his ever getting out and really uniting with a real woman.

For the harem is always accessible, always subservient, calls for no sacrifices or adjustments, and can be endowed with erotic and psychological attractions which no woman can rival.

Among those shadowy brides he is always adored, always the perfect lover; no demand is made on his unselfishness, no mortification ever imposed on his vanity.

In the end, they become merely the medium through which he increasingly adores himself…After all, almost the main work of life is to come out of our selves, out of the little dark prison we are all born in. Masturbation is to be avoided as all things are to be avoided which retard this process. The danger is that of coming to love the prison.”
  • Personal Letter From Lewis to Keith Masson (found in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3)*Courtesy of Matt Fradd’s blog.
Hang in there. :o You do the right thing to repent immediately when you fall.
 
I’ve heard the men in older times swore by cold showers. We scoff at it now, but people in older times seemed so much more successful at dealing with so many problems we have today.

Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blest if the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Good luck and God bless you!
 
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.

Ave Maria, Gratia Plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen

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May God lead you to find the answer for ending this bad habit.

Search this program’s website to help you and for accountability.

May you find the graces to escape the traps you have suffered.

from their website: reclaimsexualhealth.com/

RECLAiM Sexual Health offers an anonymous, science-based, Catholic online program, and provides resources for those who desire to reclaim God’s plan for their lives, and the lives of loved ones impacted by pornography or other unhealthy sexual behaviors.

It’s time to RECLAiM God’s original plan for your life!
 
Hello, my name is Deanna, I’m trying to get back on track after spending time with Jehovah witnesses. Amazing how they turned my beliefs against me, I’m so happy I caught myself!
Please help me, please pray that I receive spiritual guidance. I’m so scared that I have offended our lord, scared that I have corrupted my family and children.
 
Ortega_Family said:
Hello, my name is Deanna, I’m trying to get back on track after spending time with Jehovah witnesses. Amazing how they turned my beliefs against me, I’m so happy I caught myself!
Please help me, please pray that I receive spiritual guidance. I’m so scared that I have offended our lord, scared that I have corrupted my family and children.
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May God continue to bless you and continue to call you back to the Faith of the Church.

Dearest Deanna, Please seek forgiveness and graces through the Sacrament of Confession. You will find wonderful healing from this holy Sacrament. Please plan to attend Mass on Sunday - each Sunday - bringing your beautiful family with you.

My you feel God’s Peace.
 
***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 our death
Amen.

:crossrc:***
 
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