Recent content by frettr00

I can't say that you can make the suffering stop forever, but what you can do is make use of the suffering by offering it up to God for the conversion of sinners. That's how I deal with my suffering anyway.

I wouldn't worry about it. I made promises to God in my youth that I didn't live up to either.

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Bachelor's degree, but I never got a better job from it so I feel like I wasted my time and money on it. It's my own fault.

I've been praying for a better job and good investments so that I can retire in old age. Should I stop praying for these things then? At my current rate I won't ever be able to retire.

I learned that I shouldn't become complacent in my faith. I went 8 months without confession, which is pretty bad for me. I became more distant from the lord during that time. My prayer life suffered; I became more sinful.

I stayed at one for a few days before when I was discerning a vocation. There was plenty of beer and the food was really good. The monks were friendly too.

Being overweight can be a product of being uneducated on what foods are healthy. Processed foods tend to be calorie dense and it doesn't take a large quantity of food to rack up the calories. Unless you're using a food scale and watching serving sizes, you're probably underestimating how many...

Going to Sunday mass is an obligation for Catholics. Purposely missing it is a grave matter and is a mortal sin. What the priest told you is for your benefit so I would listen to his advice.

I used to play mmorpgs 12 hours a day some days, but after I got bored of a game I just walked away until I found another that caught my interest. I never had to go through any kind of treatment, I just got sick of gaming that much and it just fixed itself. In my case I just burned out and...

Well it's all X's for me. You're pretty well off by comparison.

I think God spoke through my dad like that once. My dad suddenly said to me that porn was from the devil. I was secretly watching it at the time and never told him about it so he wouldn't have known.

Is it normally ok to work on Sundays and holy days? I was taught that it refers to unnecessary work, but that your job is considered necessary work so it's ok. I currently work on Sundays and couldn't get off for Christmas.

I think giving to charity would be a good gift. Whatever you do for the least among us, you do for him.

Not so much fake happiness. If I'm annoyed by or unhappy with someone I'll act nice to them anyway instead of expressing what I truely feel. I do this for the sake of charity and keeping the peace.