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soo i'm kinda stuck. I'm not really sure how to explain this. I'm considered catholic. But at the same time, i'm not really sure if I believe in catholicism. My family and I celebrate catholic holidays like christmas and easter. Its a tradition blah blah blah but i'm not like super religious about it. I don't go to church. like ever. the last time i went to church was maybe 7 years ago for christmas. My friends talk about the bible, about mary and jesus and his disciples. But in all honesty... It makes no sense to me. I really have no idea how to explain this haha. I believe in it.. but not that much. Like I believe there is a god, and there was a jesus. But i'm not like super duper religious, like I don't read the bible. I don't think I have ever read anything from the bible haha.
anyways.. I'm at the point in my life where a lot of bad stuff is happening. A lot of drama and stress. One of my friends told me to pray and become more religious. She said that I should go to church more often and confide in a priest and confess my sins. She says this will make me a happier person. (I am almost at rock bottom in my life right now)
Part of me believes that I should pray and confess my sins etc. But part of me believes that this will make no effect at all. I've tried praying before.. I really have. many and multiple times. I tried praying so hard, outloud and in my head. But the thing is... nothing ever changes. I dont understand how some people can pray and then things magically change for them. But how come when I pray, nothing changes???
gah i'm just so confused! I'm catholic and believe in god and jesus. But not overly religious. Why does nothing change for me when I try to pray? I just need some religious advice please! (link)
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Well 1st let me say this politely. Catholicism doesn't help anybody grow in Christ because they don't teach people how to have a personal relationship with God or how to pray. All they do is recital of prayer which in reality isn't prayer at all and is forbidden by the Bible. Confessing 2a priest won't help you either because 1)the priest is a human being and also sins.2) the Bible commands us to confess our sins ONLY to God not priest. I don't think their is any particular formular of praying but Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit to teach us how to pray, unfortunately catholicism won't teach you all this just useless recital of prayers. You don't need to become more religious or even religious at all. All you need is to accept Christ as your Lord and Saviour, accept your a sinner & confess your sins TO GOD then submitt your needs to Him and belive that He is well able. You have to have faith in God coz 'without faith it is impossible to please God' Becoming more religious, prayer recital, mary, priests, etc..etc won't help you with your problems or when your troubled only CHRIST. You say that you pray real hard but nothing happens you got to have FAITH, and get serious with God. The Bible says 'Draw near to God and He will draw near to you' You can email me if you want to know more or if you didn't understand something I wrote. Hope I helped.
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Thank you for your advice. I agree with you that I should have more faith. But I disagree with you when you say confessing my sins won't help. I believe it will help. I feel like if i confess my sins, I will forgive myself and learn from them. I will accept it and move on, rather than not confessing them and keeping them inside of me. But other than that, your advice was really good :) thank you!
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