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Monica4316
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How do we tell these two apart? 
just wonderingā¦ Iāve always struggled with this!
just wonderingā¦ Iāve always struggled with this!
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Monica4316
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I found this on the other thread
āSomeone complained to the Father of being excessively distressed by the sins he had committed. The Father replied to him: āThat which you feel is pride; it is the demon which inspires you with this sentiment, it is not true sorrow.ā The penitent replied: āFather, how can you then distinguish what comes from the heart and inspired by Our Lord, and that which instead is inspired by the devil?ā āYou will distinguish it,ā replied the Father, āalways by this: The spirit of God is a spirit of peace, and also in the case of grave sin, it makes us feel a tranquil sorrow, humble, confident, and this is due precisely to His mercy. The spirit of the demon, on the contrary, excites, exasperates, and makes us in our sorrow feel something like anger against ourselves, whereas our first charity must be to ourselves, and so if certain thoughts agitate you, this agitation never comes from God, who gives you tranquility, being the Spirit of Peace. Such agitation comes from the devil.āā
St. Padre Pio
that is INCREDIBLEā¦ I mean, I wish I remembered this before!!
Iām so glad we can learn from the Saints
āSomeone complained to the Father of being excessively distressed by the sins he had committed. The Father replied to him: āThat which you feel is pride; it is the demon which inspires you with this sentiment, it is not true sorrow.ā The penitent replied: āFather, how can you then distinguish what comes from the heart and inspired by Our Lord, and that which instead is inspired by the devil?ā āYou will distinguish it,ā replied the Father, āalways by this: The spirit of God is a spirit of peace, and also in the case of grave sin, it makes us feel a tranquil sorrow, humble, confident, and this is due precisely to His mercy. The spirit of the demon, on the contrary, excites, exasperates, and makes us in our sorrow feel something like anger against ourselves, whereas our first charity must be to ourselves, and so if certain thoughts agitate you, this agitation never comes from God, who gives you tranquility, being the Spirit of Peace. Such agitation comes from the devil.āā
St. Padre Pio
that is INCREDIBLEā¦ I mean, I wish I remembered this before!!
Iām so glad we can learn from the Saints
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Monica4316
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what if you see your sins, but you only feel horror at them - and no confidence in Godās mercy? and then after you see the horror of sin, you think of hell, and feel like no matter what you do, you will go there FOR CERTAIN. And this feeling is very strong.
since thereās no hope of Godās mercy in this, - this is not from God?
since thereās no hope of Godās mercy in this, - this is not from God?
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puzzleannie
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again, feelings are simply not reliable and especially when they are negative like this should be disregarded. yes, your last statement is true. if your conviction is there is no hope of mercy that message is from the enemy. weapon: rosary and Divine Mercy prayer, frequent recourse to the sacraments.
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