Spiritual attacks

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I am a cradle catholic.I stopped going to mass in my early 20s after a long separation,I came back and started RCIA was confirmed and now am starting my studies for the lay Dominicans. Right now my life is nothing but chaous.i am bieng attacked by my family (They are not religious)
Nor do they understand my journey.These attacks seem to come from nowhere.I pray my rosary daily and pray to St. Micheal for protection. At one point while saying my rosary it broke in half.The very nexed day i used my back up and it also broke in half. Any thoughts?
 
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My Rosaries, scapulars, etc break. It means we wear them out! Pray, don’t stop, go to Sacrament of Reconcilliation and Mass. we get so many graces from these Sacraments.

I will pray for your vocation. And welcome back to the Church. May our journey be memorable.

It’s common for family and friends to not understand and not be tolerant. Let God shine through you.

🕊️🙏🌹
 
Thank you for your kind words and thoughts on this matter.I attend mass every sunday and penence every two weeks.i will cont. To pray i’m on the last day of my 54day novena.I know all that is going on will pass.
 
Yes, attacks happen especially when we are renewing our devotion or discerning vocations…remain strong in your faith! May God grant you peace in tribulation and continue strength! Pax Christi!
 
Dear friend, you need to see a PRIEST ASAP and share your story.

Continue to pray very much, and I’ll be praying with you

Stay focused and STRONG, God is on your side!

Patrick
 
I just went through the worst spiritual attack I have ever experienced. I was pondering converting to Anglicanism and didn’t pray a Rosary in 3 days. These demons are tricky.
 
Get used to it. You will have to deal with “God haters” no matter what. The best way to deal with such people is to ignore what they say and to continue openly practicing your faith in their presence. Psalm 118:6 says “The Lord is with me; I am not afraid; what can mortals do against me?”

Read the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Wisdom, and Ben Sira on a regular basis. These books contain praises to God and lots of wisdom that will help you.

Lots of Rosaries are, unfortunately, rather flimsy. Get one with extra reinforcements, like extra chain hooks, or a cord Rosary.
 
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I experienced that, also, as an RCIA sponsor. It was a tough time, spiritually. Similar to being a soldier – there’s a lot of training, but when you actually go into battle you find out what it’s like when they shoot back at you.

Just don’t go into it so aggressively that it scares your family into thinking you’re creating distance. (Not sure which family you mean – Catholic birth family or (maybe non-Catholic) married family.)

Hang in there, you’ll be OK.
 
Thank you for your post. I agree with you that attacks happen/increase when we’re trying to do better in the faith and our devotions to our Lord.

I’m also grateful for this topic since I’ve been having some troubles too and forgot all about spiritual attacks. There is evil in this world. I always have the choice to not engage with it and to run to our Lord.
 
Just keep praying. The attacks you describe seem to be of demonic nature, we all know there is a power that doesn’t want you to come close to God. So keep praying. Ask God to protect you, if it’s too much, tell that to God. It’s not good to think about it so much yet, until you are finished with your journey… Believe that God will push you through this 🙂
 
Do not give up. Rosaries can and do snap, often from lots of use and/rather ‘heavy duty’ praying! If you can buy a good solid rosary. At the end of the rosary add the St Michael prayer.

Don’t forget to ask your Dominican family for help too - St Dominic, St Thomas Aquinas, St Catherine of Siena (in fact, today would be a great day to start a novena to St Martin de Porres, another Dominican who endured many set backs and struggles).

Will be praying for you!
 
I have to say, when i opened this discussion on spiritual attacks i inverably understood that the responses i recieved would fall into two catagories; those who would (unintentionally) patronize me and those who’ve expirienced it first hand. I understand that rosaries break.The first one i was using was my dad’s it came from Ireland well made glass beads. My backup was brand new just blessed still in the package. I don’t go looking for any of the things that have been happening.My life is pretty simple.I’m a mom, a Grandma,a nurse and most definately a child of God and i know he will take care of it.
 
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RE the rosary’s breaking: stuff happens. I helped clean the church over the weekend. We took down the big wooden rosary from the multipurpose meeting room, and well, imagine the issue on a bigger scale. Nobody looked at me with horror when it came apart after I took it down. Nobody seemed that phased by it. Just started looking for something to repair it with. Not meaning to be callous, but sometimes there isn’t a demon or evil spirit hiding behind everything; sometimes stuff doesn’t work. I’m not sure that there would be enough demons/evil spirits to cause all of the malfunctions in the world (though, that conjures up images of the adeptus mechanicus from the Warhammer 40,000 universe).

I understand the thing about family. Much of mine thinks of the Catholic Church as “black magic” or something. Betting too, that you’re having a hard time explaining to them, that’s even assuming that they’d be somewhat receptive. I’ve kind of taken the approach that I really don’t care what they do or don’t think.
 
It certainly wasn’t my intention to patronise and I also know what it is like to suffer spiritual attacks, hence the suggestion to pray to certain Dominican Saints to assist you at this moment.
 
Pray these prayers. I heard a priest, Fr. Wolfe, teach them on a You Tube video on a channel called Sensus Fidelium. Print them for yourself.

In the name of Jesus, I bind you spirit of [name the affliction (such as anxiety, lust)] and send you to the foot of the cross to be judged by our Lord.

In the name of Jesus, I bind any spirit here that is not of the Holy Spirit and send you to the foot of the cross to be judged by our Lord.

Precious Blood of Jesus wash over me and protect me from the wickedness and snares of the devil.
 
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Hang in there. The devil knows his time is short so he is pulling out all the stops. I will pray for you.
 
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