Author Topic: dropping out of college 2 (Read 724 times)

soulguard · « **on:** November 29, 2013, 02:59:34 PM »

My college is a school of the vanity of modern society, and it is corrupting my spiritual life. I get extra money for going, but I blow it on luxuries.. Therefore pray for me that I will know whether I ought to continue in college or become a hermit and spend time writing holy things.

Basically the college is turning me into a consumerist drone. I have the approval of society, but have become presumptious with God.

I must make a confession tomorrow and I hope that the priest's ordination ( new rite ) is valid. Please pray that I shall obtain absolution and remission of my sins, through Jesus Christ the lamb who died for all of us to give us the chance of eternal life. Pray that I do not despise my chance.
I request that you pray to Mary for me, that I shall not die in mortal sin and go to eternal hellfire. Even that I shall live such a virtuous life that I shall not need purgatory. It is as simple as this, I know that were I to die at this moment, then based on my apathy towards sacrifice and failure to do penance, and lazy prayer, I would go straightaway to hellfire.

I must change this situation. Should I give up college?

TKGS · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2013, 04:25:56 PM »

Why are you blaming your becoming a "consumerist drone" on going to college? Why don't you simply stop "blowing [extra money] on luxuries" and save it for future needs and donate a portion (say...10%) to worthy charities and traditional chapels?

I will not advise you to continue or discontinue college, but, from the little you wrote here, I don't know why you're blaming these particular faults on college or the money you're receiving for going to college (which confuses me as well since most people, I thought, had to pay to go to college).

You can choose what to do with your time and your income. In fact, unless you are in debt or someone is holding you at gun point, what you do with these things is entirely your choice. The situation, you say, must be changed. The problems you have described are not problems with college but are problems that are going to continue to follow you whether your continue in college or not as long as you don't make a choice to change what you are doing.

The only thing I would advise, however, is that you do not go to confession tomorrow with a priest who was ordained in the new rite. Find a priest who you know was validly ordained rather than one about whom you already have doubts.

icterus · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2013, 09:26:35 AM »

Dropping out of college has never been a religious question.

I am now over 40 years of age. Looking back, it is overwhelming to see how stupid I and my peers were. If you wish to pray for something for yourself, pray for wisdom beyond your years. I suspect that aid wisdom would move you to stay in school..particularly since your stated reasons for dropping out sound like nonsense...and your plan of 'writing religious things' also sounds like nonsense without a serious education to facilitate it.

soulguard · « **Reply #3 on:** December 01, 2013, 09:39:52 AM »

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Dropping out of college has never been a religious question.

I am now over 40 years of age. Looking back, it is overwhelming to see how stupid I and my peers were. If you wish to pray for something for yourself, pray for wisdom beyond your years. I suspect that aid wisdom would move you to stay in school..particularly since your stated reasons for dropping out sound like nonsense...and your plan of 'writing religious things' also sounds like nonsense without a serious education to facilitate it.

Forgive me for my juvenile posts, for I am 28, and I know no traditional Catholics whom I can get guidance from, but I had to throw the question out there... because college is turning my mind to mush. Some agnostics think it is a good thing, but I hold that Catholics must hold the faith in rebellion against society, not as part of it. Again, pardon my impulsiveness and blame it on youth.

icterus · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2013, 09:57:29 AM »

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pardon my impulsiveness and blame it on youth.

I totally do! Oy, when I think about myself in my late 20's...raging against everything, when there were actually a few things worth raging about...so many windmills tilted at, so many impassioned speeches about things I barely understood...I have no problem blaming a lot of things on youth.

stbrighidswell · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2013, 11:26:56 AM »

Truthfully Soulguard I suspected you were young from your posts :)

Don't blow next weeks money on luxuries, how about spending it on coming to mass on Sunday in that town that is probably an hour and half max from where you live.....try it. Good aul bus eirinn will get you there and we provide the tea and coffee....