Habitual mortal sin

RileyG said:

How do you deal with the embarrassment when you commit the same sin on the Sunday? I can never seem to let go of it. It's too powerful.

Will be going to confession (again) on this upcoming Sunday!

Any advice?

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Getting busy on activities to distract from it?

Pray for strength. God is always able to make you a way out of something. I was surprised when I prayed for peace after my husband died. I didn't think I'd get it, but one day I noticed that I suddenly did.

RileyG said:

How do you deal with the embarrassment when you commit the same sin on the Sunday? I can never seem to let go of it. It's too powerful.

Will be going to confession (again) on this upcoming Sunday!

Any advice?

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Which sin is it? You do not have to say, if you don't want to. I would go to confession at least once every two months, if you struggle with a habitual sin, regardless of if it is mortal or not.

Also, I prayed for you. Pray for me as well, cos I struggle with a habitual sin as well, as stated in my June 30th devotional at the bottom of this page.

RileyG said:

How do you deal with the embarrassment when you commit the same sin on the Sunday? I can never seem to let go of it. It's too powerful.

Will be going to confession (again) on this upcoming Sunday!

Any advice?

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Requesting your Permission to encourage you, my Sibling in Jesus.

RileyG said:

Thank you for the encouragement. Please keep me in your prayers.

God bless

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My Dear Sibling in Jesus Christ, as we suffer in these frail Mortal Coils and Depend on His Love and Grace, though desiring to not suffer these matters of sin, I want to encourage you with these words. God clearly does not desire us to suffer in such ways, yet you who Love Him more than anything are in the Good Potter's hands. What you are suffering on the outside, may actually be helping Him mold your soul with, from within. You have clearly begged Him to take this from you. The relief in talking to you, my Big "C" Sibling in Him is that you know that suffering can bring about deeper Love and Compassion. Those things are the most potent Chain Breakers and the very provision of only Him. He does not desire your suffering, but He indeed can use it to bring you closer to Him.

2 Corinthians 12:9 ... “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”

All Love, Kindness, Compassion, Respect for your honesty and assurance that He is working in His time, not yours, to You, my Sibling In His Loving Arms, who's Soul is indeed being molded by the Good Potter Hands.

RileyG said:

Thank you for the prayers and I am not comfortable sharing it.

God bless you

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That is understandable. If it is anything like my sin, it can be hard to get over. Sometimes, it is best to just study God's scriptures. That keeps my mind occupied.

Yes.

Pray to Blessed Mother and ask her to present your offerings to the King.

It was at Mary’s request that Jesus performed His first miracle - the changing of water to wine at the wedding feast in Cana.

Jesus answered her request out of love for her as His mother. So I would say that yes, asking Mary to pray to God will give your intention extra favor.

Now do exactly this, with all humility, while in a state of grace.

@RileyG, do you have a priest or a Christian psychologist to talk to about your sins? Maybe the psychologist could give you some tips, or even the priest.

RileyG said:

I do know three priests at my parish, but not personally, if that makes sense. No psychologist.

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Well, you can try to get to know them. Schedule a meeting with one of them.

RileyG said:

How do you deal with the embarrassment when you commit the same sin on the Sunday? I can never seem to let go of it. It's too powerful.

Will be going to confession (again) on this upcoming Sunday!

Any advice?

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Among other things small acts that strengthen your willpower. Over time you will be able to say 'no' to other bigger things too. Habits are hard to break. But mostly we have not cultivated the willpower to actually break them.

RileyG said:

How do you deal with the embarrassment when you commit the same sin on the Sunday? I can never seem to let go of it. It's too powerful.

Will be going to confession (again) on this upcoming Sunday!

Any advice?

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Take the focus off of the sin and focus on putting in Jesus' hands.

He gave faith, He is with you, He is able to keep you from temptation.

If a specific sin has become ingrained to the point of being a compulsive habit, it can be really tough to kick. It alters your brain chemistry the same way any addiction alters your brain chemistry, and resisting it can seem well-nigh on to impossible.

God knows this. He knows all about you, what your problems are, the forces working against you, your psychological state, where you're weak, and why you stumble. And guess what? God loves you anyway.

God does not hold any sin---even a mortal sin---over your head and threaten you with hellfire, provided you are truly sorry for committing the sin, and you want to honestly try to do better. God has one---*ONE*---criteria for you when you commit a sin: all He wants you to do is come home. If you are sorry, regretful, ashamed, repentant for the sin, He doesn't care what you've done, He just wants you to come home. God's forte is forgiveness, not judgement.

You stumble with the same sin over and over again? God knows that, too. That's why Jesus said, "Don't forgive your neighbor seven times; forgive him seventy times seven times" (which is 490 times, by the way). You cannot commit a big enough sin that God's grace cannot wipe it out---nor can you commit a sin enough times that God will not forgive it a hundred times over, each time. All God asks is that you honestly repent.

Besides, God knows that we can't be sinless. If we could be, we wouldn't need His Son as our Savior. The sacrifice on the cross took away the penalty for every sin, for all eternity; all we need to do is throw ourselves on His mercy and say, "I have failed, and I am sorry. I can't be perfect.....but I ask for cleansing through the redeeming Blood of Your perfect Son." Paul tells us if we are quick to confess our sins, He is faithful and quick to forgive us.

So don't be discouraged. You should be concerned, naturally; and you should be responsible and go to confession as quickly as you can when you stumble; but don't beat yourself up and think that you're so worthless that God wants nothing to do with you. That's what Satan wants you to think---he wants to convince you that you're such a scumbag that God would never want anything to do with you, and that the best thing you can do is hide from God in your shame and embarrassment. Satan wants to pry you from God, to confuse you, to cause you to stay away from Mass, because you're too low to present yourself into a holy assembly.

None of that is true. God is Love Personified, and He loves each one of us more than we can possibly ever comprehend. All that He wants us to do is take advantage of the salvation He offers us through His Son, and to love Him back, as best we can in our frail human way. God does not send people to hell; He never did. People go to hell because they run away from God, they reject His offer of healing and redemption, they think that they can't be forgiven. But they can be forgiven---all they have to do is ask for it.

And wow, I am sorry for the sermon---I sure didn't mean to write a book, LOL!

RileyG said:

Thank you

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YW

Refocus and keep that in your mind because it is absolutely true.
If it comes back, remember temptations are not as powerful as you are to avoid it.

Take a walk and talk to Jesus about all you are grateful for.
Keep asking Him to guide you and do His will.

Bless you sweetie. You can do it.