Prayers would be appreciated. Going through terrible darkness and desolation. I keep asking God for help.i can't seem to see any light at all.i feel I am only barely hanging on.
i will pray for you. If you don't mind me asking, what does it feel like for you when you do feel God's presence? I only ask because it is very rare for me to feel His presence, even after Holy Communion. I may be doing something wrong, but I know that He is there by faith, but I do not feel any tangible thing. Do you feel something tangible when you feel God's presence?
I feel separated from him and his grace. I constantly feel something bad is going to happen. I feel agitated and uneasy. I wish it would stop. I keep telling God that I love Him. I pray the rosary throughout the day also. Perhaps God wants me to be like this for the moment. I dont feel his consolation
Peter, I would recommend you take a break from viewing the news and maybe even the Mother of God forum. No disrespect is intended to the forum members, but a great deal of the threads on this forum are about anticipating major disasters or preparing for major disasters. It has been this way for years and years and we are still here and posting. I know that you are a believer in Medjugorje, and I want to say that the Virgin Mary doesn't want you to feel uneasy and agitated. She is the Queen of Peace and her mission and all the messages she gives are to tell us to trust in God and He will lead us to His kingdom of peace and refreshment. You are doing all you can to pray and receive the sacraments. I will pray for you. here is a site of the messages https://www.medjugorje.org/messagesall.htm Our Lady is calling us to peace and not disaster. The visionaries have reiterated this many times.
I am praying for you, Sanctus. Last week I was feeling considerable desolation myself. I had just prayed my Rosary and then I rolled my digital dice app on android, and it dealt me the "random" number 287. Then I opened my blue book of Our Lady's Message of Mercy to the World. The message is: "I, my child understand." It was so consoling for me. Here are the associated messages: Aug 29 - Hello my dear child! To hold on is to try and be close to me. So many of my children are being drawn away from me and those that foster devotion to me are most persecuted. The little ways you love me help them in their suffering. So many need prayer! My child, it is to you I invite to be my little instrument in opening the Font of my Immaculate Heart, so as they may draw there consolation, thus they may not grow weary in their troubles. I, my child, understand my children and give them my blessing. Pray! Pray! Be at peace! Aug 30 - My child, even if you are weighed down, you are still in my arms. God is watching you! Look to me for your only comfort in this life. Through me you will be safe! Through me you have no better way to Heaven! Pray! Peace!
I hope this suffering passes. I feel like God is angry with me. I made mistakes in the past but am sorry. My suffering has increased the past couple of days . I have a devotion to Our Lady and am going back to medjugorje soon. I dont know where I've gone wrong.
Dear Sanctus, sometimes suffering does not just pass.............. sometimes God permits it to linger for a long time. At times Our suffering can be seem as unbearable to endure, because of our human experience. This means that temporal sufferings, can be of two things... # A personal suffering allowed for our individual greater spiritual good or a # chastisement to correct our collective consciousness Because God tallies all! ........ Our sufferings Our Joys Our words Our thoughts Our prayers! Our distresses Our everyday commitments to Him God alone rules! For He alone knows What He gave to each individual and what is expected from then! And He knows what was withheld from each individual He sees it all ! May God in His goodness grant to those that were given much continue to produce much. And may they not be overtaken by the enticements of the modern day world . Lord have mercy on as all. Amen
Sanctus, I am not out to ridicule you. Your last statement, which I highlighted, suggests you're convinced that God inflicts suffering upon wrongdoers. Conclusion: I'm suffering, therefore God is punishing me for something that I've done. Then you get confused because you can't see any sinful pattern that warrants the current bout of suffering! Our spiritual lives do not correspond to an equation. God does not respond with a tit for a tat. Consider the trials Job went through while remaining faithful. Look to him. I'll ask him to pray with me for you. God's Love for you never wavers!
