Praying for those who attack us

[Karenanna]

I would like to recommend to you, something that I have found to work amazingly well in most cases. If you are attacked unjustly by someone who is just plain unreasonable, and you are hurting from this attack, do not get back at them and teach them a lesson.

If you do that you are sinning. This is what you do. Firstly don’t “apologize” to appease the person. This only gives them the impression that their actions were fine, which they are not.

Then ask and continue to ask Our Lord, to give them the graces that they need. (One of these graces, if the attack on you was truly unjust, is the grace of repentance.)

I have seen this turn around people who looked like they were beyond help, and turn them around quickly at that. It does not work in every case. God gives the grace, but the person has free will and can reject it.

If you don’t pray, the grace won’t be offered to them.

Now for other matters

Learn ways to help the Holy Souls in Purgatory and read testimonies of their powerful intercession for their benefactors at:

missionbell.homestead.com/Afavourgrantedbytheholysouls.html

Read my book: Help from Heaven (Answers to Prayer) at:

Part one

missionbell.homestead.com/HelpFromHeavenBook.html

Part two

missionbell.homestead.com/HelpFromHeavenBookPartTwo.html

(I have put more testimonies online than in the second edition of the print book.)

(Please share these links with those who you think might benefit from the information in them) Thank you.

 

[Lui]

I would like to recommend to you, something that I have found to work amazingly well in most cases. If you are attacked unjustly by someone who is just plain unreasonable, and you are hurting from this attack, do not get back at them and teach them a lesson.

If you do that you are sinning. This is what you do. Firstly don’t “apologize” to appease the person. This only gives them the impression that their actions were fine, which they are not.

Hehe…it almost sounds like you read my thread about when I was attacked unjustly last week
Thanks for the link. I’ll enjoy reading your book

 

[Karenanna]

Hehe…it almost sounds like you read my thread about when I was attacked unjustly last week
Thanks for the link. I’ll enjoy reading your book

I had not read your thread, but since you mentioned it, I went and had a look. You had a very unpleasant time on the bike with the rough people that you encountered, and it is natural to feel overwhelmed by things like that.

Others in your thread have said that you should confess your thoughts about the people who abused you. That is a good idea.

Use the advice which I have given you in my posting. The people that you encountered sound like they really need help.

If you think that the book is good, stand on the rooftops and shout out the good news to others!

I hope that you read the Holy Souls in Purgatory webpage also and spread it around to many people.

 

[MiracleNeeded]

Yes, I agree! Even on this forum, this week, I have been attacked. However, I find that it is easier to cope and forgive if we pray for those who attack and/or hurt us. Try to remember that if someone attacks you (rather than shows understanding) it is probably because something about you or the situation reminds them of something that has hurt them in the past.

To use a very juvenile example: In college, I had a professor who picked on me, merciously, in class. So bad, that I once skipped class for 2 weeks straight, (I would normally NEVER miss any class!) just to avoid him for a while. I later found out that it was common for him to pick on (what he viewed) as attractive young women in his class. It is likely that maybe he had his heart broken in the past by someone who I resemble? Who knows.

So, when attacked, I try to pray for the person, that their past hurt be healed so that it will no longer ignite hatred and harshness toward others.