True contrition

[BintuluChuchGuy]

Hi everyone,i’m struggling with the M problem again.I feel as if I’m repeating what i’ve been doing for the last 6 years.

Sin → Confession → Sin again → Confession(period between confessions around a month or two)

I feel as if Im caught in a cycle of repeating the sin and going to confession,and the whole cycle starts again.I feel like those confessions I made were not sincere and I was not contrite,and I hate it…Why can’t I truly be contrite?

Its like going to Jesus and saying you’re sorry for your sins,and then backstab him when you sin again.Confessions should be changing the person towards a holier life,but I feel just the same.I think I just went to confession because I was scared of hell,and not for love of God.

The problem is that I don’t want to go for confession because I don’t want to make a bad confession.I feel I have not been truly repentant,and just go for confession without taking any actions to prevent myself from sinning after confession.

I feel angry with myself.Im angry that Im so weak and succumb to sin.I feel as if my confirmation was nothing.Because my faith is just as weak as before confirmation.I know we are all weak and incline to sin,but,me repeating the same sin for the last 6 years is just too much for me.I dont want to be like this.I want to break the cycle and live for God.

Please help me…

 

[Belle10]

Sin → Confession → Sin again → Confession(period between confessions around a month or two)

I feel as if Im caught in a cycle of repeating the sin and going to confession,and the whole cycle starts again.I feel like those confessions I made were not sincere and I was not contrite,and I hate it…Why can’t I truly be contrite?

:hug1: I know what you mean.

I seem to confess the same things all the time too, and I am contrite when I confess them! Yet I can’t seem to get past them…it’s tough.

What I keep coming back to is that each time, the priest tells me to keep working on the things I’ve confessed, and always, always tells me that some things take time to overcome. Never once has the priest (and it’s not always the same one) said otherwise. In fact, the words are almost always the same, despite it being different priests. I take comfort in this, a reassurance that Jesus is in fact telling me to keep trying, that He knows I’m trying, even though I keep failing.

Here is the optional closing prayer from the chaplet of Divine Mercy (see the link in my signature for information on the entire thing):

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion - inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will, which is love and mercy itself, Amen.

Don’t give up. Keep trying, and He will help you. Remember, He loves you!

 

[BintuluChuchGuy]

I know,i try my hardest but i am weak.When i want to go for confession,i want to make sure i am truly sorry for my sins out of the love of God,and not out of fear of hell.

How to be truly sorry for my sins?