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The Sacred: Catholic Liturgy, Chant, Prayers / Re: Newly Baptised and Struggling

« Last post by rosarytrad on Yesterday at 10:23:36 AM »

PETITIONS OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

TWELVE PRAYERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY

O Lord, do not deprive me of Thy heavenly blessing.
O Lord, deliver me from eternal torment.
O Lord, if I sinned in thought, word, or deed, forgive me.
O Lord, free me from all ignorance, the pettiness of soul, and hardness of heart.
O Lord, save me from all temptation.
O Lord, enlighten my heart darkened by evil desires.
O Lord, because I am a human being, I am a sinner; because Thou art the Lord God, forgive me in Thy love, for Thou knowest that my soul is weak.
O Lord, send Thy grace to aid me so that I may glorify Thy Holy Name.
O Lord Jesus Christ, inscribe me, Thy faithful servant, in the Book of Life, and give me a good end.
O Lord my God, although I have not done any good before Thee, nevertheless, grant me, with the help of Thy grace, to be able to begin to do so.
O Lord, freshen my heart with Thy grace.
O Lord of Heaven and earth, remember me, Thy sinful servant, impure and cold of heart, in Thy Kingdom.

TWELVE PRAYERS AT THE END OF THE DAY

O Lord, accept my repentance.
O Lord, do not forsake me.
O Lord, save me from temptation.
O Lord, grant me pure thoughts.
O Lord, grant me tears of repentance, the remembrance of death, and a healthy sense of my guilt.
O Lord, grant me humility, charity, and obedience.
O Lord, grant me the confession of my sins.
O Lord, grant me tolerance, kindness, and gentleness.
O Lord, place in me the source of all blessings: the fear of Thee in my heart.
O Lord, grant that I may love Thee with all my heart and all my soul, and that I may always obey Thy will.
O Lord, defend me from certain people and also from the demons and all errors.
O Lord, Thou knowest that there always exists agreement between Thee and Thy Will; may such also exist between us, for Thou art blessed forever and ever. Amen.

The Sacred: Catholic Liturgy, Chant, Prayers / Re: Newly Baptised and Struggling

« Last post by Michelle on Yesterday at 10:11:29 AM »

Quote from: StrivingCatholic on Yesterday at 01:37:39 AM

I am newly baptised and confirmed on the same day, as of 15th April 2024 and I am already struggling with praying fervently and reading the scriptures diligently daily. I also struggle with keeping the Lord in my mind throughout the day while tending to procrastinate spending time with him in prayer. All too often, the past couple of days I find myself having doubts eg., "See? There is no special incidents after baptism and I am making my life harder now than before, and for what?"

At other times, I worry about the things that I may need to confess. Not sure if I am being overly scrupulous at all either. While it may not seem a big deal to some, the beginning couple days of my new journey has not been entirely easy and I ask for any prayers that could come my way since I am not sure what I should request for.

I have unsubscribe most of the channels on Youtube and left those that can help in my journey. If there are any advice or channels that the members here can point me to, that would be greatly appreciated too.

Thank you all kind souls in advance!

Welcome to fight! You are now in a war with the enemies of Our Lord. Like others have stated, love is in your will, it is not a feeling. Keep doing what you know is God's will for you no matter how dark and dry you feel. Put yourself everyday into Our Lady care, trust her to lead you everyday and pray the rosary.

SSPX Resistance News / Re: Canadian newSSPX getting lot attention, Pray for Fr. P. Groche -Um, where are u?

« Last post by Giovanni Berto on Yesterday at 09:48:17 AM »

There is no need for a formal canonical procedure. It is good to have one, but it is not essential.

Any decent superior would be able to discern what to do with a sɛҳuąƖ predator.

Parents have no "canonical procedure", but they know what to do to protect their children from the evils of the world.

Crisis in the Church / Re: This is now being promoted

« Last post by Viva Cristo Rey on Yesterday at 09:24:30 AM »

Leviticus 20:21

“ 'If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. (And that is an in law).

Crisis in the Church / Re: This is now being promoted

« Last post by Viva Cristo Rey on Yesterday at 09:17:39 AM »

[color=var(--YLNNHc)]Why did the Catholic Church ban cousin marriage?

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[color=var(--bbQxAb)]Cousin marriage was once the norm throughout the world, but it became taboo in Europe after a long campaign by the Roman Catholic Church. Theologians like St. Augustine and St. Thomas argued that the practice promoted family loyalties at the expense of universal love and social harmony.[/font][/color]

Crisis in the Church / Re: This is now being promoted

« Last post by Viva Cristo Rey on Yesterday at 09:16:27 AM »

Dear Abby is promoting this filth. And giving out advice that is scandalous. People are gullible these days.

I think some of this stuff is made up. Abortion and sodomy are legal too but it goes against the natural law of God. Incest goes against God.

The Rockefellers were into incest big time to protect their bloodline, investments and money.

Then dear Abby says husband can go without the wife. A huge no-no.
This is opening the door to satan.

Obviously, this Portuguese man is grieving and demons have entered him.

Currently, there are adult relatives raping
underage relatives then take them to abortion clinic.

The Sacred: Catholic Liturgy, Chant, Prayers / Re: Newly Baptised and Struggling

« Last post by rosarytrad on Yesterday at 08:52:01 AM »

Quote from: AMDGJMJ on Yesterday at 05:35:58 AM

"Rome was not built in a day"

"In your patience you shall possess your souls." - Luke 21:19

The spiritual war is all too real, my friend. That doubt you hear in your head is the voice of the devil. Reject it.

Quote from: Ladislaus on Yesterday at 06:29:35 AM

So set a modest/minimum routine or habit of prayer, and do not deviate from it, regardless of how hard it might see or how dry you might get, realizing that the dryness does not make you farther from God but is actually working to bring you closer to Him.

You're not alone, StrivingCatholic. The above quotes are crucial, and I am also doing my best to power through my dryness. Hang in there, pray the rosary, and I'll pray for you too!

God bless you.

Fighting Errors in the Modern World / Re: The "Taxil Hoax" Hoax

« Last post by OABrownson1876 on Yesterday at 08:51:46 AM »

Quote from: cassini on Yesterday at 05:59:38 AM

Ah, I remember this subject when Lavinsko asked that question yesterday. I see you never got an answer to your question Anthony. Yes, the long held heresy has never been abrogated so is still a heresy. But if someone actually believes heliocentrism is scientifically true, their heresy is material and not held to deny a matter of faith.
But now that you are told the moving-sun of Scripture has never been proven wrong, has never been abrogated, then the heresy is no longer material, and is no different than, as Cardinal Bellarmine said:

'Nor may it be answered that this [geocentrism] is not a matter of faith, for if it is not a matter of faith from the point of view of the subject matter (ex parte objecti), it is a matter of faith on the part of the ones who have spoken (ex parte dicentis). It would be just as heretical to deny that Abraham had two sons and Jacob twelve, as it would be to deny the virgin birth of Christ, for both are declared by the Holy Ghost through the prophets and apostles.’ Letter to Foscarini 1615.

I posted this audio on my Rumble channel. Dr. Rao gave this talk years ago on the Galileo trial.
Galileo pt 1

Anσnymσus Posts Allowed / Re: Re-confessing sins that have been confessed in the New Rite

« Last post by Marulus Fidelis on Yesterday at 08:01:20 AM »

Quote from: Änσnymσus on April 17, 2024, 05:48:10 PM

I fear that I will become scrupulous if I make general confessions more, so far I have only done it once since my conversion, and everytime I remember a past mortal sin I make sure to confess it at the next confession.

Nonsense, general confessions are useful for ENDING scruples, not exacerbating them.

The Sacred: Catholic Liturgy, Chant, Prayers / Re: Newly Baptised and Struggling

« Last post by Ladislaus on Yesterday at 06:29:35 AM »

Congratulations on your Baptism.

It is possible to take on too much too quickly. If I want to train for a marathon after having been a couch potato for years, I'm not going to get up one day and run the 26 miles or even the 13.

So just start with relatively modest goals, the minimum being, IMO, a Morning Offering followed by 5-10 minutes of mental prayer or meditation, evening examination of conscience and Act of Contrition, the 3 Haily Marys (morning and evening), and the Holy Rosary. I strongly recommend 15 decades, the entire Rosary, each day. I like to break it up to 5 decades 3 different times of the day. Just stick to these practices no matter how "dry" you feel. Dryness is actually one of the first steps toward progress in the spiritual life, and it can often develop into a "Dark Night of the Senses". At the end of the day, love of God is in the will (informed by the intellect), not in the senses or the emotions, so God will sometimes withdraw the consolations of the senses in order to strengthen the will and the intellect, the higher faculties. But fight through it and stick with those minimums you've set for yourself. Once you get into a solid habit of the above, then you could gradually, little by little, introduce more, say 15 minutes of spiritual reading, 15 minutes of reading Sacred Scripture (or go back and forth), additional mental prayer, etc.

So set a modest/minimum routine or habit of prayer, and do not deviate from it, regardless of how hard it might see or how dry you might get, realizing that the dryness does not make you farther from God but is actually working to bring you closer to Him.

You may want to read from Fr. Garrigou Lagrange's Three Ages of the Interior Life, which discusses how one progresses to holiness, through the "dark nights".
https://tinyurl.com/4s899vzh

Baptism does not completely eliminate the consequnces of Original Sin, conscupiscence, a tendency toward sloth/laziness, gluttony, irascibility, etc.

If you like Three Ages, here's a link to Volume 2.
https://tinyurl.com/yfaneksr

Here's a similar book by Fr. Tanquerey, The Spiritual Life, which is a bit more compact / concise / terse. We used this text at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary as the textbook for the introductory class in "Ascetical and Mystical Theology".
https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/MN41530ucmf_5/MN41530ucmf_5.pdf

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