Very Strong Temptations

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Hi CAF community,

In the past week, I’ve experienced the strongest temptations of passion that I’ve ever experienced, and though I’m making through it quite well - I’ve gone to confession daily, but my confessors (whichever priest happens to be in the confessional; yes, I have a regular confessor) have said that I almost certainly have not sinned - I must admit that these temptations have made me miserable; not because I want to give in, but because they literally feels bad; I haven’t been able to sleep really since whenever I lay down, the temptations, come back meaning I have to be :onpatrol: at every single moment, so I’m brutally tired. I’d much rather be tired than damned, however.

Therefore, I ask for your prayers, for two things:

First, that I receive the grace to continue in resisting these horrific temptations; and
Second, to give thanks to God that I might prove my love for Him and accrue much merit by resisting such strong temptations.

I suppose this is a good sign, since it means that the demons know they have to work hard in order to get me to sin (and even still; they haven’t succeeded :)).

Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
 
Behold me, O my God, at Your feet! I do not deserve mercy, but O my Redeemer, the blood with You have shed for me encourages me and obliges me to hope for it. How often I have offended You, repented, and yet have I again fallen into the same sin. O my God, I wish to amend, and in order to be faithful to You, I will place all my confidence in You. I will, whenever I am tempted, instantly have recourse to You. Until now, I have trusted in my own promises and resolutions and have neglected to recommend myself to You in my temptations. This has been the cause of my repeated failures. From this day forward, be You, O Lord, my strength, and this shall I be able to do all things, for “I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.” Amen.
 
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!
Our life, our sweetness, and our hope!
To thee do we cry, poor banished
children of Eve, to thee do we send
up our sighs, mourning and weeping
in this valley, of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us; and
after this our exile show unto us the
blessed fruit of thy womb Jesus;
O clement, O loving, O sweet virgin Mary.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the
promises of Christ.

Amen. :crossrc:
 
A couple of things that may help: When temptation comes upon you, silently say a quick Hail Mary followed by “Lord have mercy on me, a sinner”. The one person in the entire universe that Satan cannot stand is The Blessed Virgin.
Sometimes, that doesn’t work 100%, or the temptation reoccurs, visualize Christ’s head with the Crown of Thorns and the blood streaming down his face. Then say a short prayer while visualizing this. Try it, it really does work. This, in particular was recommended to me by my Confessor.
 
Latinitas said:
Hi CAF community,

In the past week, I’ve experienced the strongest temptations of passion that I’ve ever experienced, and though I’m making through it quite well - I’ve gone to confession daily, but my confessors (whichever priest happens to be in the confessional; yes, I have a regular confessor) have said that I almost certainly have not sinned - I must admit that these temptations have made me miserable; not because I want to give in, but because they literally feels bad; I haven’t been able to sleep really since whenever I lay down, the temptations, come back meaning I have to be :onpatrol: at every single moment, so I’m brutally tired. I’d much rather be tired than damned, however.

Therefore, I ask for your prayers, for two things:

First, that I receive the grace to continue in resisting these horrific temptations; and
Second, to give thanks to God that I might prove my love for Him and accrue much merit by resisting such strong temptations.

I suppose this is a good sign, since it means that the demons know they have to work hard in order to get me to sin (and even still; they haven’t succeeded :)).

Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
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Praying for you.
 
Latinitas said:
Hi CAF community,

In the past week, I’ve experienced the strongest temptations of passion that I’ve ever experienced, and though I’m making through it quite well - I’ve gone to confession daily, but my confessors (whichever priest happens to be in the confessional; yes, I have a regular confessor) have said that I almost certainly have not sinned - I must admit that these temptations have made me miserable; not because I want to give in, but because they literally feels bad; I haven’t been able to sleep really since whenever I lay down, the temptations, come back meaning I have to be :onpatrol: at every single moment, so I’m brutally tired. I’d much rather be tired than damned, however.

Therefore, I ask for your prayers, for two things:

First, that I receive the grace to continue in resisting these horrific temptations; and
Second, to give thanks to God that I might prove my love for Him and accrue much merit by resisting such strong temptations.

I suppose this is a good sign, since it means that the demons know they have to work hard in order to get me to sin (and even still; they haven’t succeeded :)).

Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
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praying
 
Try not to become obsessed with your own failings… try to be good…
Code: 
to stay 1000% pure,you would need to stay under the bed....

live life,and enjoy because thats the way to be... Live,Love & Pray
 
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.
 
George_Stegmeir said:
A couple of things that may help: When temptation comes upon you, silently say a quick Hail Mary followed by “Lord have mercy on me, a sinner”. The one person in the entire universe that Satan cannot stand is The Blessed Virgin.
Sometimes, that doesn’t work 100%, or the temptation reoccurs, visualize Christ’s head with the Crown of Thorns and the blood streaming down his face. Then say a short prayer while visualizing this. Try it, it really does work. This, in particular was recommended to me by my Confessor.
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Thanks for the good advice; thankfully, I utter my own prayers, and it seems to work, since I haven’t really fallen that much; I’ve though I have, just to have my confessors tell me not to worry about it.

I should also comment that it’s not really just sexual passion, but other passions as well, like anger, and worry etc.

Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
 
Do you have a trusted friend you can call at any time? Often times we can only defeat Satan by teamwork 😉 Have someone ready for you, so you can call them (or meet them!) when the hour of temptation strikes.

That, and the names of Our Lord, Our Lady, and our holy patriarch. Many saints terrorized Satan by merely saying: “Jesus, Mary, Joseph” 🙂
 
R_C said:
Do you have a trusted friend you can call at any time? Often times we can only defeat Satan by teamwork 😉 Have someone ready for you, so you can call them (or meet them!) when the hour of temptation strikes.

That, and the names of Our Lord, Our Lady, and our holy patriarch. Many saints terrorized Satan by merely saying: “Jesus, Mary, Joseph” 🙂
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Alas, no. I have a post about that. I’ve overcome most of the temptations, and the passion does seem to be going away, mostly, Deo gratias. I just utter “Satan, get away!” and then make an act of contrition.

I’m just fearful that I’ve offended God, objectified women, gotten violently angry etc., and I’ve been in tears for the past hour or so over this.

Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
 
(Don’t forget that this forum is for prayers and prayer requests, and not necessarily for discussion or advice. 👍)

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 in the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
Latinitas said:
Thanks for the good advice; thankfully, I utter my own prayers, and it seems to work, since I haven’t really fallen that much; I’ve though I have, just to have my confessors tell me not to worry about it.

I should also comment that it’s not really just sexual passion, but other passions as well, like anger, and worry etc.

Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
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I believe it is the anger that is what causes the sexual emotions.

I have overcome the anger and that problem is no more present.
I looked closely at my thoughts and realized where my anger started, it started as a child.
I cried for god to help me to forgive those who hurt me and the angry demon came out of me.
everyone has one in them waiting to cause all of our sins. We have to desire to forgive. Hungering for righteousness sake.
we csn pray all we want, but if we dont forgive others we will not be forgiven.

louise
 
By the way, I just want to comment that these temptations are all thought tempations, not action ones - that is, to entertain some form of passionate thought, whether ones of a sexual nature, ones of anger etc., not to actually punch someone, for instance, or masturbate or whatever, which actually makes it all the harder, since there doing nothing still doesn’t stop the sin, necessarily. Thankfully, the passions have calmed down now; this was a very odd experience, since it just came out of the blue Sunday night, and didn’t calm down until yesterday.

Thanks for your prayers,
Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
 
St. Michael, The Archangel
Defend us in Battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness
and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.
And do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God
thrust into Hell
Satan, and all evil spirits
who roam about the world
seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.
 
Latinitas said:
Alas, no. I have a post about that. I’ve overcome most of the temptations, and the passion does seem to be going away, mostly, Deo gratias. I just utter “Satan, get away!” and then make an act of contrition.

I’m just fearful that I’ve offended God, objectified women, gotten violently angry etc., and I’ve been in tears for the past hour or so over this.

Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
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Beloved brother, we’ve all offended God, and we do so every moment, for we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. Contrition and sorrow are a good remedy to atone for our sins, but do not allow them to take your inner peace, for it is written: “In the world you have tribulation, but I have overcome the world” and “it is I who blot out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins”.

Why do we sin after partaking of God’s very divine nature? This is one mystery I can’t wrap my head around. I do believe sometimes God allows it for the sake of our brethren…that in falling, we may ask for mercy, and in asking for mercy, we may be consoled “so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” (2 Cor 1:4).

Please pray for those who face similar struggles - particularly, objectifying women and being angry, especially with loved ones - for it is also written: “do unto others as they shall do unto you”. Perhaps it is in also in this very process of mutual intercession that we obtain for each other the graces we so greatly need.
 
Latinitas said:
By the way, I just want to comment that these temptations are all thought tempations, not action ones - that is, to entertain some form of passionate thought, whether ones of a sexual nature, ones of anger etc., not to actually punch someone, for instance, or masturbate or whatever, which actually makes it all the harder, since there doing nothing still doesn’t stop the sin, necessarily. Thankfully, the passions have calmed down now; this was a very odd experience, since it just came out of the blue Sunday night, and didn’t calm down until yesterday.

Thanks for your prayers,
Benedicat Deus,
Latinitas
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To making excuses there is no end.
 
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