Author Topic: Is it scrouplous or right? (Read 1253 times)

spouse of Jesus · « **on:** April 18, 2012, 02:12:20 PM »

Sometimes when I pray, it occurs to me that if I say my prayers in an incorrect way, God will grant me the wrong thing. Then I worry whether or not my prayer was correct. I know God is omniscient but the worry is still here.
( like when I am praying for someone but name someone else instead by mistake.)
What to do?

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2012, 02:17:11 PM »

Quote from: spouse of Jesus

( like when I am praying for someone but name someone else instead by mistake.)
What to do?

Start the prayer over again but this time with the correct names.

gladius_veritatis · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2012, 02:29:42 PM »

Let it go, spouse. Worry not. You are not offering Holy Mass and flubbing the consecration or messing up some other public prayer that involves a specific formula, for Pete's sake. If you, little creature that you are, realize it, do you not believe God already knows all about your innocent mistake and then sees that you see it too? Does He not already know everything there is to know about what you and yours need, want, intend, etc? Just let it humble you and laugh at yourself and how pathetic you are! Silently mention the right person within your mind and move on...

Don't take such things too seriously, my dear.

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2012, 02:49:00 PM »

Spouse, I have suffered from the same issue. However, after seeking advice not too long ago, I learned that the effectiveness of prayer does not depend on how well we pray it. Do not worry about it, and do not fall into the trap of repeating your prayers. I figured out that the devil puts the worry of whether or not our prayer was "good enough" in our minds in an attempt to make us hate prayer. In other words, by repeating prayers over and over, we become so tired of it that we abandon prayer altogether. I almost fell for that trap, and it's a trap that you do not want to fall for yourself.

God Bless.

Clelia · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2012, 05:46:37 PM »

If it disturbs you, it is from the evil one.
God knows our thoughts and our hearts, and be at peace with that.

I have been scrupulous for many years, and it is painful.

Ask your Confessor and he will tell you the same thing we are trying to tell you here: the evil one is trying to disturb your prayers, confidence, and rob you of perseverance.

Don't ever talk to IT - just continue no matter how you feel. Feelings betray us; Christ's Teachings never will. Trust Jesus. He wants to give you His peace.

Now, if I can only RX myself. [sigh.] :thinking:

Sigismund · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2012, 09:14:06 PM »

God is smarter than you are. (Not an insult, and absolutely true for all of us.) He knows what you mean.

Mithrandylan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2012, 10:31:49 PM »

God's has an infinitely perfect will. Not only will He not answer our prayers with something that isn't good for us, we can count on Him ALWAYS granting our prayers with what is BEST for us. Not good for us, not alright or great for us, but what is BEST for us.

The problem comes in where WE don't actually know what that is, so we think He didn't "get it." He did. We didn't.