What to do after you mortal sinned in a day

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I mortal sinned early today so now the rest of day feels like I’m making no progress against my addiction because my days free is still 0.

I feel like I already ruined my day

I feel like my summer was wasted and its not even all my fault it just went and my froends couldn’t be around I’m 15 I don’t have alot of these left

It’s very discouraging and makes me down/empty

I feel like I’m doing my entire life wrong because I’m afraid to do it right
I became truly religious like 2 or 3 years ago when I found out I was mortal sinning
So I feel like I’m trying to ride a bike for the first time
I scared of falling and getting laughed at but I still want to do it

Sometimes I wonder if this only ends why I’m 16 or 18 when my childhood is dead
It’s a double edged sword

I will keep fighting but I feel drained today
I’m not very posistive and I hate this empty feeling
It’s not something I can just make leave
Only others can

Sorry of this a long rant
I’ve said it before and I will say it again
You guys are the only I’m not shy to speak these feelings to besides God
 
Sin can make you feel down.

When I have committed a mortal sin, I make an effort to find the next time I can go to confession, resolve myself to go as quickly as possible, and then try to move on. For me, the knowledge that I am going to confession as quickly as I can, knowing when I will go, and making that commitment helps me not to further dwell on my sin.

Sins don’t end at 16 or 18, it is something we all will struggle with through all of our lives. I had a deeply rooted habitual sin. I didn’t become catholic and discover it was a mortal sin until my 20s, I had been doing it over half my life. It was a very deeply rooted sin to break, but through confession and the grace of God I was able to overcome. I probably took 2 years to fully break it, sometimes I’d have months where I didn’t, sometimes I was in confession every week or two. It still effects my life, I have memories and images in my head that aren’t just magically erased. It takes effort to keep my mind pure. Prayer.

I hope that you can find confession soon and find peace. I will say a prayer for you.
 
Hello my brother.

I ignore the details of your situation , but i sure i go through that feelings.

Please note that we simply cannot fight the sin by ourself, It is impossible, but with God’s Grace we can make it through, Even when we pray is God that is acting in us, and we just open God’s Grace.

Something that help me go through this struggle is try to sanctify my day. Some practic stuff like stop watching some type of videos in youtube very eagerly, stop following some people in FB , unsubscribe to some channel that put lusty images in the thumbs and put Adblock to block all images, Make pauses around the day to read books (I recommend the imitation christ A LOT). And follow more channels/podcast that help me to educate on my faith.

I recommend “Ascension Present”.

Especially the video “Pray in Mortal Sin”

youtube.com/watch?v=G6KDiOh_Pn8

As I said i don’t know the causes that lead you to sin , but i hope my little experience help you.
 
rainereli_rod said:
Hello my brother.

I ignore the details of your situation , but i sure i go through that feelings.

Please note that we simply cannot fight the sin by ourself, It is impossible, but with God’s Grace we can make it through, Even when we pray is God that is acting in us, and we just open God’s Grace.

Something that help me go through this struggle is try to sanctify my day. Some practic stuff like stop watching some type of videos in youtube very eagerly, stop following some people in FB , unsubscribe to some channel that put lusty images in the thumbs and put Adblock to block all images, Make pauses around the day to read books (I recommend the imitation christ A LOT). And follow more channels/podcast that help me to educate on my faith.

I recommend “Ascension Present”.

Especially the video “Pray in Mortal Sin”

youtube.com/watch?v=G6KDiOh_Pn8

As I said i don’t know the causes that lead you to sin , but i hope my little experience help you.
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i love Ascension Presents

very nice quick videos

i pray in mortal sin
but always feel like i did it wrong when i should just wait for God’s time
 
Doing your best to make an act of perfect contrition would be a good step. Just try to be truly sort for your sins then say some sort of penitential act (the confeitor would work). If you have trouble feeling truly sorry, I would suggest reading the Miserere Me Deus slowly and out load (Psalm 51/2). It works for me!
 
No surrender!! Make an act of contrition and keep going, ignore as best you can the negative feeling.

The book 'the Spiritual Combat" (which I highly recommend to you, it is availiable digitally online) gives this advise-

*When you feel yourself wounded from having weakly, or it may be even willfully and deliberately, fallen into some sin, be not over-fearful or over-anxious, but turn instantly to God, saying:

“Behold, O Lord, what of myself I have done! And what, indeed, could be expected of me but falls?”

And then, after a short pause, humble yourself in your own eyes, mourn over the offense committed against your Lord; and without falling into discouragement, be full of indignation against your evil passions, especially that which has occasioned your fall. Then say:

“Nor even here, Lord, should I have stopped, if Your goodness had not withheld me.”

And here give thanks to Him, and love Him more than ever, wondering at the excess of His mercy, Who, when you had so deeply offended Him, stretched out His right hand to save you from another fall.

Lastly, say, with great confidence in His infinite compassion:

“Forgive me, Lord, for Your own sake; suffer me not to depart from You, nor to be separated from You, nor evermore to offend You.”

And this done, do not sit down to consider whether God has pardoned you or not; for this is nothing else but pride, restlessness of mind, loss of time, and, under color of various fair pretexts, a delusion of the devil. But, committing yourself unreservedly to the merciful hands of God, pursue your exercise as if you had not fallen.

And if you should fall wounded many times in the day, repeat what I have taught you with no less faith the second, the third, and even the last time than the first; and despising yourself, and hating the sin more and more strive to lead henceforth a life of greater watchfulness. *
 
BenP said:
Oh and also- get to confession as soon as possible.
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That’s another problem I have

I want to go but I’m afraid to ask or been seen going because they will ask why and see me different

My family only goes if its brought up after a discussion on how we should
But their so reluctant

I know I may have to set an example but they’re going to non intentionally hurt me

I’m hoping next year I will be allowed to go places myself so I can go anytime

My situation sucks for me
My cross is built around the perfect problems to in my way
I keep praying
But I’m terrible and waiting when my sin pile just gets bigger

You take my sin and confession issues
And combine that with my other life problems
It can get annoying to exist
But it’s all part of Gods plan and my days are in his book
 
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