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070e0e  No.845636

I made mistakes that generated a huge complexity in my life, many complex questions are in my head:how they affected some people, if I had consent or fault, if it can affect me on the future, etc. The complexity generated on these mistakes are infinite. By the way, on a christian vision, the point is:after all that, could I live a normal life? There is anymore duty that I must execute, besides the confession? How should I think about these mistakes?

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2cb6ae  No.845669

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>>845636

Lord Jesus, may the following words be acceptable to you, amen.

>After all that, could I live a normal life?

Of course you will. And a Stoic might have said that every life is "normal." The Preacher from the Book of Ecclesiastes might also have said that there is nothing new under the sun (Eccl 1:9). This is the least interesting question you have asked, but I understand why it is important. It shouldn't be though; life is hugely messy, and everything you've done and will do is normal. You will certainly have a wife and kids and all manner of good things, of this I am sure.

>I made mistakes that generated huge complexity, the complexity is infinite.

We all have made mistakes, some worse than others. Think of how David must have felt when Nathan the Prophet came to him, and David was morally exceptional, saintly even, and he still did evil.

>Anything other than confession I need to do?

No, nothing at all. So long as your confession is sincere. I know it feels as though your confession cannot make you clean, but in fact you are not being abandoned by God, but being strengthened in faith. Consider that your sin, as much as you hate it, has given you new eyes with which to see the world. It has done this because you want to be forgiven, so you know that God's gift of forgiving you is a good gift and fervently to be desired, not just for you, but for all sinners in general. Many people live in hatred of God because God forgives, and they are hard-hearted and sinless in their own eyes.

Consider all the people who have never sinned in their own eyes, and how they hate sinners and criminals! In them is no real forgiveness, these hypocrites are numerous. Often they are "good" people, people of whom society approves, but God does not dwell in them and they will, unless they repent, be cast into the devouring fire at the end of the age.

So you have escaped a horrible disaster much worse than anything you could face for an earthly crime, and each day that you resolve to embrace your redeemer in spite of your sins, and to follow him in loving sinners, the further you outrun the devil. You're in a really good place, and you probably won't appreciate it until much later.

There was an Orthodox monk who said this about it, and though I forget the monk, the quote is certainly true; "There are two thoughts that are from the enemy, one the one hand thinking that you are a great saint, and on the other thinking that you can never be saved. Both these thoughts are from the devil. Say instead 'I am a great sinner, but God loves and forgives sinners and will certainly forgive me.'"

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4ed4f7  No.845684

>besides the confession?

Sin has temporal punishment attached since God's justice is perfect. You are forgiven of everything you honestly confess but you still have restitution to make which is either paid in purgatory or through suffering on earth. 'Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.'

As we know from Jesus's example suffering has meritorious power of expiation, so every cross that comes your way you offer it as reparation to God. You can also do self imposed penances like fasting, plenty of praying, etc. Also make up to the people you affected in ways you can.

Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church…

Nothing is lacking in Christ's sacrifice in terms of its merits, only our participation is lacking.

You can also get indulgences, those will help clear your temporal punishment. Indulgences are attached to pious practices so its basically the same as doing penance.

Read this to learn how to pray/meditate and advance in the spiritual life.

http://www.strobertbellarmine.net/books/Lehodey--MentalPrayer.pdf

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6691ae  No.845692

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>>845684

>You can also get indulgences,

This.

Indulgences are not the forgiveness of sins as the protestants are taught, they are "good behavior" to get out of the punishment of purgatory early so you can go to heaven.

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3f7059  No.845727

>>845669

Actually I've just noticed that my ideas are incomplete; yes God's forgiveness is just, and so is human forgiveness, but forgiveness is powerful. Earning forgiveness, healing the self-inflicted wounds to the soul, is necessary to return us to the relationship with God which we had previously.

So even though God's forgiveness is certain, undergoing the social and personal rituals associated with true repentance are good works, and good works as we all know, are a demonstration of the work of grace in us. But that being said, despair is a threat to be guarded against during any time of repentance.

Sorry, I had to come back and say this, I've spent a lot of time dwelling on God's mercy and I needed to come back down to earth a bit and write this so that nobody became troubled that I might have been being presumptuous. I admit it didn't feel entirely right.

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