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comrade1789
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I will be a confirmed Catholic this Easter Vigil, coming from an Evangelical faith tradition. I don’t masturbate or view porn and strive to battle against impurity in thought and deed on a daily, sometimes momentary basis (let’s face it, this world, this culture, is a fierce battle-ground). I am 32 years old. I pray a lot for chastity and purity of sight and thought. However, I have been keeping record of how frequent my wet-dreams have been and their subject matter, and what was a once a month occurance it appears to be a once a week event now for the past month. The subject matter is usually masturbation rather than with another, though on rare occassions this will occur as well.
I have stepped up my spiritual regimen this Lenten Season and, being single and fairly certain that I am called to celibacy, I have plenty of time to spend in prayer and devotion.
In the CCC, #1857, “For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: ‘Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed wil full knowledge and deliberate consent.’”
My question is that should I include this re-occuring problem in Confession? I understand that according to #1859, “Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It presupposes knowledge of the sinful character of the act, of its opposition to God’s law. It also implies a consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice…”
However, although these impurities occur and are committed while I am not conscious and am in fact asleep, doesn’t change the fact that they didn’t happen in a vacuum, no one else can account for them, they happened to me and in me, no one else. Perhaps they are indicators and results of deep-seated impurities, corruption of my flesh and injuries to my soul from years of a prodigal life-style, and simply something that is rebelling against the spirit as I am discipling it through stronger and more devout spiritual excercises. Perhaps these are vestiges of a rebel force within me that I am at war with and that I just need to persevere in prayer and battle and that I am not in sin because of this, but am in fact embattled against sin and corruption in my own person.
Any thoughts or insights?
Thank you, God bless.
I have stepped up my spiritual regimen this Lenten Season and, being single and fairly certain that I am called to celibacy, I have plenty of time to spend in prayer and devotion.
In the CCC, #1857, “For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: ‘Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed wil full knowledge and deliberate consent.’”
My question is that should I include this re-occuring problem in Confession? I understand that according to #1859, “Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It presupposes knowledge of the sinful character of the act, of its opposition to God’s law. It also implies a consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice…”
However, although these impurities occur and are committed while I am not conscious and am in fact asleep, doesn’t change the fact that they didn’t happen in a vacuum, no one else can account for them, they happened to me and in me, no one else. Perhaps they are indicators and results of deep-seated impurities, corruption of my flesh and injuries to my soul from years of a prodigal life-style, and simply something that is rebelling against the spirit as I am discipling it through stronger and more devout spiritual excercises. Perhaps these are vestiges of a rebel force within me that I am at war with and that I just need to persevere in prayer and battle and that I am not in sin because of this, but am in fact embattled against sin and corruption in my own person.
Any thoughts or insights?
Thank you, God bless.
This thread also has a corresponding thread about about Nocturnal Emissions