Tempted to give up and forget God

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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, Implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in Thy mercy hear and answer me,
Amen 🙏
 
Dear one, it’s really tough when you feel so let down and despondent. I do know how it can feel, but all I can do is pray for you, and send a hug.
There is no reason to think your Confession was not valid, you did the best you could at the time.
Feelings aren’t intrinsically sinful. Jesus had His moments when He felt alone, in the Garden, on the Cross.
You don’t have to ‘feel’’ love of God, you don’t have to ‘feel like praying’ for your prayer to be good.
It’s doing the best you can manage to act with goodness and kindness that matters. In Matthew 25 Jesus said that the good we do for others, we do for them, and that’s what you’re trying to do. You’re hurting and doubting, but how well are you looking after yourself? You’re very hard on yourself, but I do understand because there’ve been times in my life I’ve felt unhappy and despondent and self critical. It doesn’t feel like it but you are loved child of the Father.

Merciful Jesus, please give Your beloved child experience of Your love, and faith in Your love, even at times when all sees to be failing, just as in Your life, there seemed to be so much failure and betrayal. So many didn’t listen, so many rejected Your efforts, and most even Your closest friends abandoned You, in the Garden, but not even staying awake to pray with You at Your request, and later in Your time of most need, all but John and the wonen abandoned You to Your torture and horrible death, after You were sold into this awful agony by a friend who had seen Your goodness and knew You first-hand, one of Your constant companions.

We find it hard when we live through such trials, even lesser ordeals than You. Please help us, please help NuclearReceptor, and also help this loved person to cope with this painful desert f disappointments and disillusionment.
 
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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 death.
Amen.
 
Praying to the Holy Spirit to give you guidance, direction, strength, fortitude & wisdom in your time of need.
 
Don’t despair. Relief will come when you least expect it.
Have Hope.
You are priceless to the Lord.
I will pray for you
 
Divine Mercy Chaplet

O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in 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.

Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst 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.

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

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Thank you everyone for your prayers.

I don’t know what God expects of me, and right now, I just feel mentally and spiritually empty.

But there’s a homeless woman around my neighborhood who was so excited about a job interview (with benefits) but they didn’t call back, most likely because of prior records. At least I have a job, but she is in greater need than me. (And she recently got stung by a bee which she’s allergic too.)

Please pray for Jana P. that she may find employment and housing.
 
Don’t worry, everything will be ok. I also had my moments and my life was about to wreck. I reverted five year s ago to catholicism in the midst of mental problems and on top of that I got scruples. I was afraid I would end up in the street. I learned about St. Benedict Joseph Labre (who was also mentally ill, apparently) and miracously my fears went away. If he could live in the street and be happy, why would I worry about a thing. His motto is: no thought for the morrow. That’s my motto too. I pray also the Divine Mercy Chaplet. That ended my scruples. And I began to use a St. Benedict Medal. That ended my anxiety. Plus St Pio said: Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry. Praying for you.
 
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NuclearReceptor said:
…Why am I such a failure as a Catholic, failure as a person, and failure at my job?..
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Did you consider that Jesus Christ was crucified?

What a failure that must have seemed to the whole world.

Focus on that. Focus on Jesus Christ on the Cross. Do not put your hand to the plow and look back. Keep working. Keep praying. Pray, because everything depends upon God. But work as though everything depended upon you.
 
Your struggles are eerily similar to mine. I also suffer from severe anxiety and depression. A constant worry that things will go horribly wrong and ruin my life. Regret for my past sins that seem to haunt me.

I have a fear that I am going to let everybody I love down and that I am going to be a catastrophic failure and disappointment to my family and friends.

Maybe there is something mentally wrong with me, or maybe this is suffering for the sins that I have committed. Only God knows. I have been to confession, I go to mass every week, I try to make it to adoration as many times as I can a week and pray the Divine Mercy chaplet and the rosary,
and pray every day .

I with my whole heart truly believe in God’s will and truly believe in the plan that he has for my life. I truly truly believe that God wants what’s best for me and will lead me in that direction and keep me safe. As much as I fervently believe this, my mind plays tricks on me and makes me feel screwy. This is the work of Satan feeding my mind with negativity. It is a constant struggle to remain as positive as I can.

Throughout my struggles and no matter how low I feel, the one thing that has kept me on this earth and that I rely on, fall back on, and never lose a connection with is my faith and my belief in God. Without it i am nothing. I think to myself no matter how crappy I feel I know I am truly sorry for the sins I have committed and daily try to become a better catholic and a person. I know that my sins are in the past and that I am trying to walk in the path of Christ every single day. If i can trust in God and stay on his plan, I will one day be granted access to his kingdom.

Open your heart and listen and watch for signs from God that he is there. I will share a small story. Today was the funeral for my grandmother who passed away. At my parish we just purchased new missalettes (maybe 100-150 of them). For a donation you could have the missalette donated in someone’s memory and they would put the name on the inside. We had one done for my grandfather. As we sat in the pew after the casket was brought in, the funeral director handed out missalettes to our family. As my mother opened her missalette it was one that was donated by her and my father in memory of my grandfather, the husband of the woman we were burying. If that is not a sign from our Lord I don’t know what is.

I will pray for you tonight, in a way that deeply touches my heart because I know the struggles that you are going through. Please, never lose faith in God because without him we are nothing. Every breath we take is a gift from God.
 
Praying that you will consider obtaining counseling given you have had suicidal thoughts before you feel more despair and things get worse.
 
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Nuclear, I’m praying that you would know the infinite mercy of Jesus Christ given through the hands of our Mother.
 
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