No crime, however heinous, can be committed or even conceived which the Church has not power to forgive, just as there is no sinner, however abandoned, however depraved, who should not confidently hope for pardon, provided he sincerely repent of his past transgressions. - Council of Trent
Sent up a Hail Mary for you Michael. God's mercy overwhelms me. I am a prodigal daughter. GOD has been great to me. Bless you. FOLLOW JESUS. He is the Pearl of great price! ✝️🛐
@@Brian17177 Will do. I always pray for the scrupulous.. Father Santa has a website called: Managing Scrupulosity. He does group zoom meetings for the scrupulous, if you are interested.
I like the St. Joan of Arc response. When she was asked if she was in the state of grace, she said if I am then may God keep me there, if I am not than may God put me there.
@@patrickjwilliams8342 Iv read that answer over again and again,t's Overwhelmingly Pure Surrender with complete Faith in Jesus .Wonderful .God's will be done 🙏
Father ripperger strikes again and at the perfect time. I beg of everyone on this channel to say a Hail Mary everyday for this man whos talks has been given to us from our Lord as a gift to help in these times. Our Lady of Sorrows pray for us.
Extremely helpful. Thank You. I made a general Confession 33 pages two years ago. I worked on it for over a week. After that I still kept bringing up sins because another priest told me I had to. Finally I was such a mess I prayed to the Holy Spirit to tell me at Confession only what was essential to Confess. He did and I am beginning to heal and trust. Sometimes a sinner needs to be told yes your sins are many but they are forgiven. Go and sin no more. The words of Christ are the most transforming words I know of!
I have to confess that I've been to the confessional with someone in line before me in there taking up 30 or more min it seems. I would get really irritated and would call them confessional hogs. Not saying this is you but your 33 pgs brought it to my mind. When it was my turn I've actually had to confess at being angry at the person before me, esp if I had a mortal and wanted to confess it before receiving communion that day and didnt want to miss out. A priest told me long ago that I needn't go into details. I go in there, state my sins without too much commentary, act of contrition, get my penance and go. I think a confessional "how to" talk to the whole parish would be great for priests to do on a regular basis. I understand people need more time and may want to go into detail about things, but if one needs further council they can always set an appt with the priest later. Thanks for sharing and that you got clarity through prayer.
@@immaculateheart1267 I feel your pain. We have a very popular, people loving priest and people go in the confessional and they talk forever. Often you can hear loud conversation and laughter coming from the confessional. I have often been guilty of this myself...lol. This can go on for some time while people are waiting outside. Oh, ha ha, last week he decided to boil some eggs in the rectory kitchen so they would be ready when he was done but he was in confessions so long that all the water boiled from the pot and the smoke alarm went off as the eggs were burning. I ran to the rectory door and smoke was coming out from under it. I ran back to the confessional to advise him. He suddenly remembered the eggs and jumped up from the chair. He darted across the sanctuary to the rectory, grabbed the burning hot pot and ran to put it outside on the deck where it melted a hole in the plastic wood! I promised I wouldn't tell anybody 🤣.
Brothers and sisters, ever since my reconversion (cradle Catholic, fell away from my faith for years but came back 4 years ago) I have fallen so deep into scrupulosity. I am praying for each and every one of you, as I bear this cross with you. You are not alone and God's grace is sufficient for all of us! I believe we will all get better ❤ Viva Cristo Rey!
Will say a Hail Mary for you. I’m not a cradle Catholic, rather a convert around 2012 who was lukewarm at best, then fell away completely after only a year or two then returned in March or so of 2020. It’s still common for me to, if I’ve had a period of not living so gracefully or growing slack, when my conscience starts to twinge around a particular sin or in a more general sort of manner, so go down, as Fr Ripperger put it, a rabbit hole, and it becomes less about “Hey Jesus, it’s me. I’m a sinner and I need your grace to love you” and more “what can I do better so I can be in a state of grace so I can receive communion so I so I so I and so on.” God be with you.
If I understood what Fr Ripperger said toward the end of the video, you have become too focused on yourself and your focus should be on God. Pray an Our Father, or three Hail Mary’s every time you catch yourself. Try this and see if it helps.
Yes one day I was meditating and realized that the key was to Love my neighbor etc al "for the sake of God". That allowed me to stop thinking of how I relate to things, people, etc... It has been so much easier since realizing that and I have found peace. Please try that.
i have scrupulosity and other serious issues. please pray for me, i'm on the verge of another mental breakdown. i don't want to go to the mental hospital again.
Perfect timing honestly. Throughout lent, my scrupulosity was through the roof. It felt like every good thing that I normally do was a sin, whether it be practicing music, working out, engaging in sports with my dad and brother, and even just eating. Yes, there was a point where it got so bad I was telling myself to not eat and starve myself thinking I can "earn" God's love by starving. It wasn't healthy, and I pray this conference will help me combat and overcome scrupulosity!
I struggled with the same problem when my scruples was at its high point. The greatest remedy for me was to submit my understanding and anxieties to God with trust, because my efforts to solve the issue only made it worse.
Your handle is "sleepintheirashes" Sleep in WHOSE ashes??? Your enemy? That sounds like a lot of forgiveness is needed. Christ does not want a hate filled heart. Furthermore, sleeping in human ashes is an occult practice. All I know is something seems off with that handle.
hi Emma,we always think that. Oh,how can anyone help me because I’m the only one. In reality this is pride and is the evil one attacking. I place you Emma,under Mary’s mantle. I’d recommend you consecrate yourself and loved one’s to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ask the help of your guardian angel,and St Pio. God bless. Simon your Marian Catholic friend from the U.K. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!! Ps oh and also St Joseph!
Sorry Emma if what I said came across a bit strong that’s not what I meant. I suffer from depression anxiety attacks,have OCD,which is getting better all the time but very stressful. You are in my heart and prayer’s. A suggestion look at Jesus on the Cross see if that helps. Also look up the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins.
Praise God ive waited so long for one on this. Suffered intense OCD scrupulosity for a very long time by the grace of God overcame with therapy and spiritual direction. God bless Fr ripperger
I have endured the mental torture of this condition for ten years now, since returning to my faith (cradle Catholic). When making my last Confession, I was practically thrown out of the Confessional for bringing up past sins. Let us all pray for one another.
Read the works of the Saints! 🙂 Saint Augustine's "Confessions" and " The City of God" are so enlightening... I think they are must-read for all Catholics. We can't rely on our local parish priests and family members to catechise us these days. Thank God for good priests like Fr Ripperger, who has such a far reach! God bless. 🙏
I have had severe scrupulosity. It has been horrible. I want to add that many sufferers may also have a mental health disorder called OCD. With OCD people will have terrible unwanted intrusive thoughts. They feel awful and disgusting, sinful for having these thoughts. Those thoughts ARE NOT YOU. I believe OCD needs intense therapy to overcome this illness. I would ruminate for hours, I would cry, cry out to God. When you don't know what is happening you feel crazy and sinful. But you are not. You cannot take on these thoughts on as your own. Dismiss them immediately and carry on!! God bless!
@@dyl_pickle16-mta48 Trust is important but so is clarity, which is greatly lacking in the confessional as well as the pulpit. In fact, the sacraments are disappearing! This is why Our Lord has been saying that we need to become intimately close to Him.
Im always terrified to take communion because of my scrupulosity. Every time i do i freak out that ive offended God because im afraid to be in mortal sin
Listen to audiobook, dark night of the soul by st. John of the cross.. or autobiography of st. Teresa of Avila.. God is leading the soul to union with Him.
In NO goers as well. I’ve only had NO Mass available, but I only focus on scripture, the Eucharist, and am traditional minded through and through! On occasion I have been scrupulous, sigh. It is good to be reminded...of how self absorbed I can be.
Thank you endlessly for this clarity!! 🙏🏼I..am...NOT THAT IMPORTANT! 😂 So true. Focus. 👀Eyes back on God. A decade of the rosary in the spirit of gratitude for Fr. and all the things he’s done for us all by having the gift of being a learned teacher. Thank you Lord.
For anyone reading this, I would greatly appreciate your prayers for healing from scrupulosity. It has taken a big toll on me for over a year now since my reversion into the Faith and any prayers are always appreciated 🙏❤️🔥 Thank you :)
I've heard this talk before and I decided to watch it again because now I actually suffer with it. It hit different. Now I understand. It's so helpful.
I needed to hear this. Went down that rabbit hole he's talking about. Feel great leaving confessional...a few hrs later I've convinced myself it's somehow invalid, or I remember past sins I forgot and wonder if I should go back to confession a few hrs later. I've had this anxiety disorder my whole life.
You are not alone. I remember one confession after which I might have only just finished my prayers of penance before going back in. I’m trying now to do more spiritual readings or other learning such as listening to Catholic media (tends to be more listening than the reading) and hoping that God will allow me to be vigilant enough to monitor myself throughout the day in terms of what I need to bring to the confessional. At the same time, there are many times I’ll be halfway through an act of contrition and remember something, or remember something right after absolution or 5 minutes after confession like Fr Ripperger mentioned. It’s very frustrating, though as the same time one thing Fr Ripperger mentioned in particular was dead on - the search for clarity.
It seems like he is describing me personally, I didn't know my scrupulosity was so typical... This talk was extremely helpful. Because my main problem is, every sin to me feels grave. I often cant differentiate venial from mortal. God has been helping me so much. He tells me when something I've done is wrong and allows me to stop on my tracks. God is improving my ability to examine my consciousness, and after asking Him to free me from my impure thoughts I realized that I need this habit of being vigilant. What he says at the end is true, pray a lot, every day, several times a day!
This is just the very definition of me. It’s a deep deep pain that I have had for 18 plus years of life. The constant wondering whether I have committed a mortal sin or or whether I properly confessed it. The deep anxiety in trying to know how much of my will I have committed before stepping back. Father it’s a horrible horrible pain. I tend to go confession twice weekly and of course it isn’t particularly because I am close to God, it’s just this quest for clarity. And as rule of thumb, I do not do any deep examination of conscience, because it’s just a descent to this rabbit hole that I am scared I will never come out from. I think this was one of the things that discouraged from the priesthood cos I felt I will never be sure I am in a state of grace. It also doesn’t help that I have a legal training and it’s almost a borderline obsession to know that this is right and that is wrong. Father is right that end of the day I tend to just focus mostly on myself rather than the power of God but I think this not done intentionally. I just seem to be totally helpless. Also I was wondering for mortal sin, do I need to know a particular sin is grave matter or would knowledge that it is a moral wrong sufficient. Please pray for me. God bless
I don’t know how you are now but I feel for you, I go through the same constant worry of wandering if I committed a mortal sin or not. But like fr said, we HAVE to keep our minds away from that rabbit hole of paralyzing fear. Fear is a lie. Fear and worry is never from God. He will always lead us, He will never abandon His children!! He just wants us to trust Him more like a child. Ave Maria for you
Thank you for this Father. This is something I have struggled with for many years. I am currently 23. I will pray for all of you who also struggle with Scrupulocity. 🙏
Fr. Ripperger, thank you for always answering my questions and providing much needed spiritual direction. Over the last week or so I’ve been ruminating on my past, teetering on the edge of scrupulosity. I caught it and took it to confession today, and I believe your talk has given me more tools to recognize it before it starts to get out of hand like that again. This channel is one of the best resources we have. Thank God for you❤️
More priests need to study how to deal with scrupulosity because this was the first time I heard this advice and it makes so much sense! God bless you, Fr. Ripperger! Also, I think scrupulosity is more common in the modern era. Not only is this era persistently encourage self-absorbtion, but there is just so much I would say diabolical things in the media! I mean we have TV shows that just make sport of or encourage some of the most debased, evil sins imagineable!
This helped me so much! I've been struggling with scrupulosity for a while and it's gotten so much worse the more I've grown in my faith. Thank you!!!!
Powerful, Father Ripperger is exactly why we need more Catholic Priests. May all christians return to the One True Holy Catholic and Apostolic faith. Amen
I am very grateful to this speech Fr R. I began to develop severe scruples recently so much that it was the first and last thing i would think about before and after sleeping and it would ruminate in my mind all day unless i was distracted. This speech brought great clarity on the issue and it helped me let go of my lack of clarity towards my past sins which gave me great peace, trusting God would never trick me into damnation or damn me on a doubtful sin.
Best advice I can give you other than trusting God, is to stick with one priest for a long time. For example, I used to have Sever scrupulousity. But not it’s very miner and not as severe as before, so give it time and you will get there. My rule of thump is Grave, Know It’s grave or serious, and still choose to do it. For example, I had a disordered desire in December that was very bad. I examined my comcious and I thought it was Okie, at worst it would be a near occasion of sin, so it’s not sinful and if it is, it is very minor. So after confidently thinking it was Okie, I put myself in such situation. I felt guilty, so I confessed it as near occasion of sin when I had the chance because I knew I lacked full knowledge. I confessed as a near occasion of sin without much details, because I felt uncomfortable and was too scared to give more details. I asked the priest is it fine if I don’t provide details even if it’s really bad near occasion of sin, he said yes. People like us, need to ignore our own reasons and trust our priest advice over us and continue focusing on the lord I haven’t had a severe problem with it in a while, so I ranted to you to help myself and you. I need continue trusting God, so you do.
I suffer from anxiety and panic disorder, so that leads me to scrupulosity often. I noticed I subconsciously started biting my nails while listening to this, because a lot of this is exactly what goes on in my mind. This was so very helpful for me to hear, though. Thank you for posting this!
I have had difficult times with scrupulosity all my life and I’m in my 70’s. The things I do today, even after all these years of trying to overcome them, are still so difficult. I try to rationalize thoughts and actions and still fall victim to failure.
Everything I wrote pertains to the semi-deliberate acts and the distinctions between venial and mortal. The Church used to talk about the 3 conditions. No more, not now, not after the 2nd V Council. If this is predominantly addressing teenagers, as I heard, then I’m an 80 year old teen!
The thief hanging next to Jesus on the cross said to Him, “Remember me when you come into your kingdom”. Jesus replied to him, “This day you will be with me in paradise”. What am I worrying about⁉❣
9:15 -> 10:45 is the bottom line, what I must always remember and it confirms what I’ve always felt in my heart, that He’s always been with me, never forced to leave me.
Just a quick comment Scrupulosity can be a subset of OCD to those of you who don't already know. Checking and rechecking in your mind and ruminating are mental compulsions to cope with feelings of anxiety and doubt. There are people with OCD who do not have Scrupulosity but Scrupulosity is itself a subset of OCD. The most common forms of therapy include cbt and erp, to find help please look into a good catholic therapist. Other mental compulsions insclude; repeating prayers, repeating penances, imagining future scenarios or past scenarios where little things are changed, pushing away bad thoughts and replacing them with good thoughts, trying to push away negative emotions like doubt, fear or anger. A helpful person to look into has been matt codde, he is not a catholic but he is a Christian and has suffered himself from OCD and Scrupulosity and has effectively sent his own OCD into remission. May God bless you all and don't ruminate about my comment.❤
This brings me great relief and clarity. I still feel my mind going to try to dodge around this and find another doubt, 2 back to back pregnancies and full time breastfeeding between each one has increased my post natal depression and my pre-existing scrupulosity is going through the roof. Prayers please for me to find a good confessor who can be firm with me and challenge me to move forward instead of looking back. We don’t have many good parishes in own diocese unfortunately
Fr. Ripperger ~ The timing of this couldn’t be better and the clarity of “current” events that you covered was the consul that I needed. In a word, your statement regarding the “wondering” of mortal vs venial vs none in line with graveless/graveness ie no conscent, allows me to let go and focus on the Trinity. Thank you‼️
It didn’t help me to hear opposite information from a variety of confessors over several years either. Who should I believe? But what you said just rings a bell 🔔 in my heart and head. I’m going to give you prayers in thanksgiving beginning right now!
My concern is St Don Bosco and several other saints that saw visions of hell and that so many were there as opposed to heaven, even children sometimes. I have a long struggle with scrupulosity but am a lot better than I was.
I am suffering from demonic obsession and this is exactly what is happening to me. I try so hard to stop the thoughts but when im dreaming is when i get attacked the most. If you are reading this please pray for me. I got into so much new age stuff and stopped believing in God and I now have renewed my relationship with him and im fighting with everything i have. Going to confession does help a lot but i panic that im doing something wrong that can give foot to these demons to attack me.
I used to suffer from demonic attacks in my dreams. Daily mass and weekly confession stopped it. I heard once that if you’re receiving the Eucharist daily there’s no room for the devil to get in. Prayers for you 🙏
That meant so much to hear that there is a certain exemption for the scrupulous in regards to confession. It gives me great comfort, and it makes sense since scrupulosity is a disorder
Father Ripperger, you'll probably never read this, but I just wanted to say thank you. This video has quite possibly saved me, this video has truly helped me more than any other kind words, explanations, research ect... thank you. From the bottom of my heart thank you.
This helped me work through a scrupulosity that bothered me for over a decade and caused me to leave the faith. Thank you for this information, now that I'm back to the faith, I was able to overcome the problem I had before.
I've only had this the last few years. Recently I've gone to confession and mentioned things from 40 years ago. I kept thinking I'm not sure I ever told it. Also, I have feeling of resentment towards a member of my family. I tell it ever month. I don't do it willfully but the feelings can be quite intense sometimes. Also when growing up dad had the idea that when we went to confession we went to communion once but then didn't go again. I probably only take Communion around half a dozen times a year or so.
AND full consent of the will! Do people ever do anything that’s against their will, meaning they really don’t want to do it but it’s not really their choice!?
It's the worst persecution. I've had it for 4 and a half years. The anxiety is and despair is horrible. Please pray for me.
No crime, however heinous, can be committed or even conceived which the Church has not power to forgive, just as there is no sinner, however abandoned, however depraved, who should not confidently hope for pardon, provided he sincerely repent of his past transgressions. - Council of Trent
@@Salutaris13074 if he can forgive me for what I've done, then there is hope for everyone.
Sent up a Hail Mary for you Michael.
God's mercy overwhelms me.
I am a prodigal daughter. GOD has been great to me. Bless you. FOLLOW JESUS.
He is the Pearl of great price! ✝️🛐
Your not alone brother. Will pray for you, please pray for my brother and I who struggle with scruples as well
@@Brian17177 Will do. I always pray for the scrupulous..
Father Santa has a website called: Managing Scrupulosity. He does group zoom meetings for the scrupulous, if you are interested.
I like the St. Joan of Arc response. When she was asked if she was in the state of grace, she said if I am then may God keep me there, if I am not than may God put me there.
Brlllant ! Thank you for that .i must read up on Joan of Arc, we very rarely hear anything about her🙏
Thank you!
Amen 🙏🏽
What a beautiful answer.Full of trustful humility and free from all presumption.
@@patrickjwilliams8342 Iv read that answer over again and again,t's Overwhelmingly Pure Surrender with complete Faith in Jesus .Wonderful .God's will be done 🙏
Father ripperger strikes again and at the perfect time. I beg of everyone on this channel to say a Hail Mary everyday for this man whos talks has been given to us from our Lord as a gift to help in these times. Our Lady of Sorrows pray for us.
Offer him in my daily rosary.
♥️🙏
What a great thing, here I am 3 years later, and because I know of him this found me at MY right time. ❤
Extremely helpful. Thank You. I made a general Confession 33 pages two years ago. I worked on it for over a week. After that I still kept bringing up sins because another priest told me I had to. Finally I was such a mess I prayed to the Holy Spirit to tell me at Confession only what was essential to Confess. He did and I am beginning to heal and trust. Sometimes a sinner needs to be told yes your sins are many but they are forgiven. Go and sin no more. The words of Christ are the most transforming words I know of!
❤️🙏🏻🌹
Thank you for this testimony. Ty Father.
Thank you more just as much for sharing the experience you had...I'm going through something similar. I need anything I can grasp on to..God bless you
I have to confess that I've been to the confessional with someone in line before me in there taking up 30 or more min it seems. I would get really irritated and would call them confessional hogs. Not saying this is you but your 33 pgs brought it to my mind. When it was my turn I've actually had to confess at being angry at the person before me, esp if I had a mortal and wanted to confess it before receiving communion that day and didnt want to miss out. A priest told me long ago that I needn't go into details. I go in there, state my sins without too much commentary, act of contrition, get my penance and go. I think a confessional "how to" talk to the whole parish would be great for priests to do on a regular basis. I understand people need more time and may want to go into detail about things, but if one needs further council they can always set an appt with the priest later.
Thanks for sharing and that you got clarity through prayer.
@@immaculateheart1267 I feel your pain. We have a very popular, people loving priest and people go in the confessional and they talk forever. Often you can hear loud conversation and laughter coming from the confessional. I have often been guilty of this myself...lol. This can go on for some time while people are waiting outside. Oh, ha ha, last week he decided to boil some eggs in the rectory kitchen so they would be ready when he was done but he was in confessions so long that all the water boiled from the pot and the smoke alarm went off as the eggs were burning. I ran to the rectory door and smoke was coming out from under it. I ran back to the confessional to advise him. He suddenly remembered the eggs and jumped up from the chair. He darted across the sanctuary to the rectory, grabbed the burning hot pot and ran to put it outside on the deck where it melted a hole in the plastic wood! I promised I wouldn't tell anybody 🤣.
Brothers and sisters, ever since my reconversion (cradle Catholic, fell away from my faith for years but came back 4 years ago) I have fallen so deep into scrupulosity. I am praying for each and every one of you, as I bear this cross with you. You are not alone and God's grace is sufficient for all of us! I believe we will all get better ❤
Viva Cristo Rey!
Will say a Hail Mary for you. I’m not a cradle Catholic, rather a convert around 2012 who was lukewarm at best, then fell away completely after only a year or two then returned in March or so of 2020. It’s still common for me to, if I’ve had a period of not living so gracefully or growing slack, when my conscience starts to twinge around a particular sin or in a more general sort of manner, so go down, as Fr Ripperger put it, a rabbit hole, and it becomes less about “Hey Jesus, it’s me. I’m a sinner and I need your grace to love you” and more “what can I do better so I can be in a state of grace so I can receive communion so I so I so I and so on.” God be with you.
I’m a scrupulous who needs help ❤️🔥and I’ll pray until I get it too 😰
Yeah I’m unfortunately going through scrupulosity as well :/
I struggle with this greatly, I feel like every thought and action is a sin, and that when I sin I am a reprobate.
God will heal us from it
If I understood what Fr Ripperger said toward the end of the video, you have become too focused on yourself and your focus should be on God. Pray an Our Father, or three Hail Mary’s every time you catch yourself. Try this and see if it helps.
Me Too...I am so grateful for all
Fr Ripperger’s videos they have helped me more than I can possibly say...
Yes one day I was meditating and realized that the key was to Love my neighbor etc al "for the sake of God". That allowed me to stop thinking of how I relate to things, people, etc... It has been so much easier since realizing that and I have found peace. Please try that.
Can relate
i have scrupulosity and other serious issues. please pray for me, i'm on the verge of another mental breakdown. i don't want to go to the mental hospital again.
May God bless y’all prayers out for y’all. We humbly pray and wish all of this in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior’s Holy Name, Amen.
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Surrender novena is available on Amen app
Fr. Ripperger again! 😁
Many souls will need this talk for sure!
Can't wait 😅
it's already available on the other platforms just fyi
Perfect timing honestly. Throughout lent, my scrupulosity was through the roof. It felt like every good thing that I normally do was a sin, whether it be practicing music, working out, engaging in sports with my dad and brother, and even just eating. Yes, there was a point where it got so bad I was telling myself to not eat and starve myself thinking I can "earn" God's love by starving. It wasn't healthy, and I pray this conference will help me combat and overcome scrupulosity!
it's already available on the other platforms just fyi
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@@s7m21b3 under the video description section I link to the other platforms. It’s currently on rumble, gab, brighten & Gloria
I struggled with the same problem when my scruples was at its high point. The greatest remedy for me was to submit my understanding and anxieties to God with trust, because my efforts to solve the issue only made it worse.
Your handle is "sleepintheirashes" Sleep in WHOSE ashes??? Your enemy? That sounds like a lot of forgiveness is needed. Christ does not want a hate filled heart. Furthermore, sleeping in human ashes is an occult practice. All I know is something seems off with that handle.
Guilty of this. I torture myself unnecessarily. This sermon helps me get over myself. God will let me know if I’m screwed.
Check out surrender novena and St Therese little way .
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I never realized other people went through this too 🙂🌼 very helpful!
Me too sister. God bless you.
hi Emma,we always think that. Oh,how can anyone help me because I’m the only one. In reality this is pride and is the evil one attacking. I place you Emma,under Mary’s mantle. I’d recommend you consecrate yourself and loved one’s to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ask the help of your guardian angel,and St Pio. God bless. Simon your Marian Catholic friend from the U.K. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!! Ps oh and also St Joseph!
Sorry Emma if what I said came across a bit strong that’s not what I meant. I suffer from depression anxiety attacks,have OCD,which is getting better all the time but very stressful. You are in my heart and prayer’s. A suggestion look at Jesus on the Cross see if that helps. Also look up the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins.
Check out surrender novena and St Therese little way
Those helped me a lot with my scrupulosity. Surrender novena is found in the" amen" app
Praise God ive waited so long for one on this. Suffered intense OCD scrupulosity for a very long time by the grace of God overcame with therapy and spiritual direction. God bless Fr ripperger
it's already available on the other platforms just fyi
@@SensusFidelium where ?
You are blessed to have had a priest who is patient and can afford you his time. Most are genuinely busy or, treat one as a nuisance...
Where I can get therapy for this 🙏❤️
@@reynam5427 there is an app called, NOCD: OCD Therapy and Tools it can help with scrupulosity ocd and treatment options.
I have endured the mental torture of this condition for ten years now, since returning to my faith (cradle Catholic). When making my last Confession, I was practically thrown out of the Confessional for bringing up past sins. Let us all pray for one another.
I wish more priests would talk about this. It's actually very prevalant, and it's an agony to live in.
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Thank You So Very Much Fr Ripperger...My parents never told me anything...I’m so grateful for this video...I have needed this for 50 years....
Read the works of the Saints! 🙂 Saint Augustine's "Confessions" and " The City of God" are so enlightening... I think they are must-read for all Catholics. We can't rely on our local parish priests and family members to catechise us these days. Thank God for good priests like Fr Ripperger, who has such a far reach! God bless. 🙏
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Yes , also the work of st therese of Lisieux ..she also struggled with scrupulosity @@paxvobiscum9859
I have had severe scrupulosity. It has been horrible. I want to add that many sufferers may also have a mental health disorder called OCD. With OCD people will have terrible unwanted intrusive thoughts. They feel awful and disgusting, sinful for having these thoughts. Those thoughts ARE NOT YOU. I believe OCD needs intense therapy to overcome this illness. I would ruminate for hours, I would cry, cry out to God. When you don't know what is happening you feel crazy and sinful. But you are not. You cannot take on these thoughts on as your own. Dismiss them immediately and carry on!! God bless!
Not just people with ocd who get intrusive thoughts, borderline personality disorder is another problem that often has intrusive thoughts
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I don’t usually set reminders on videos but this one for sure.
it's already available on the other platforms just fyi
I struggle really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, REALLY hard with this. Please pray for me
Same. This started in my mind about 5 weeks ago and it has been eating away at my life. It’s causing me to lose my faith.
Trust in God, not yourself. That will free you of doubts and discouragement! God bless you!
@@maxguita12 How long has it lasted for you?
@@dyl_pickle16-mta48 Trust is important but so is clarity, which is greatly lacking in the confessional as well as the pulpit. In fact, the sacraments are disappearing! This is why Our Lord has been saying that we need to become intimately close to Him.
Im always terrified to take communion because of my scrupulosity. Every time i do i freak out that ive offended God because im afraid to be in mortal sin
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me too
Listen to audiobook, dark night of the soul by st. John of the cross.. or autobiography of st. Teresa of Avila.. God is leading the soul to union with Him.
When I take Communion I ask God if I am in mortal sin, please let the priest pass me by, but even then I still doubt.
@@mariaobeirne514Do not be afraid brother Christ is King✝️🙏❤️
I struggle with this a lot as of late. God will definitely be speaking to me through this video!
you're not alone. I feel I might be guilty of the second cause more than I'd like to admit.
One of the biggest problems in Traditionalist circles. God bless you for this conference Father.
In NO goers as well. I’ve only had NO Mass available, but I only focus on scripture, the Eucharist, and am traditional minded through and through! On occasion I have been scrupulous, sigh. It is good to be reminded...of how self absorbed I can be.
@@debrasaints3809 it is good to be reminded of how self-absorbed we all can be.
Father Rippergers talks are always worth listening to.
Thank You Fr Ripperger...
This priest just saved me......May God Bless him.....
Thank you Father. Clarity truly is Charity. I could listen to you all day and night.
Thanks from the depths of my heart... ❤️
Fr Ripperger 🙏
Thank you endlessly for this clarity!! 🙏🏼I..am...NOT THAT IMPORTANT! 😂 So true. Focus. 👀Eyes back on God. A decade of the rosary in the spirit of gratitude for Fr. and all the things he’s done for us all by having the gift of being a learned teacher. Thank you Lord.
Thank you Holy Spirit for sending these words to me when I most needed them.
God Bless you Father
For anyone reading this, I would greatly appreciate your prayers for healing from scrupulosity. It has taken a big toll on me for over a year now since my reversion into the Faith and any prayers are always appreciated 🙏❤️🔥
Thank you :)
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I've heard this talk before and I decided to watch it again because now I actually suffer with it. It hit different. Now I understand. It's so helpful.
I needed to hear this. Went down that rabbit hole he's talking about. Feel great leaving confessional...a few hrs later I've convinced myself it's somehow invalid, or I remember past sins I forgot and wonder if I should go back to confession a few hrs later. I've had this anxiety disorder my whole life.
You are not alone. I remember one confession after which I might have only just finished my prayers of penance before going back in.
I’m trying now to do more spiritual readings or other learning such as listening to Catholic media (tends to be more listening than the reading) and hoping that God will allow me to be vigilant enough to monitor myself throughout the day in terms of what I need to bring to the confessional.
At the same time, there are many times I’ll be halfway through an act of contrition and remember something, or remember something right after absolution or 5 minutes after confession like Fr Ripperger mentioned. It’s very frustrating, though as the same time one thing Fr Ripperger mentioned in particular was dead on - the search for clarity.
The surrender novena helps my scrupulosity a lott
It seems like he is describing me personally, I didn't know my scrupulosity was so typical... This talk was extremely helpful. Because my main problem is, every sin to me feels grave. I often cant differentiate venial from mortal. God has been helping me so much. He tells me when something I've done is wrong and allows me to stop on my tracks. God is improving my ability to examine my consciousness, and after asking Him to free me from my impure thoughts I realized that I need this habit of being vigilant. What he says at the end is true, pray a lot, every day, several times a day!
This is just the very definition of me. It’s a deep deep pain that I have had for 18 plus years of life. The constant wondering whether I have committed a mortal sin or or whether I properly confessed it. The deep anxiety in trying to know how much of my will I have committed before stepping back. Father it’s a horrible horrible pain.
I tend to go confession twice weekly and of course it isn’t particularly because I am close to God, it’s just this quest for clarity. And as rule of thumb, I do not do any deep examination of conscience, because it’s just a descent to this rabbit hole that I am scared I will never come out from. I think this was one of the things that discouraged from the priesthood cos I felt I will never be sure I am in a state of grace. It also doesn’t help that I have a legal training and it’s almost a borderline obsession to know that this is right and that is wrong. Father is right that end of the day I tend to just focus mostly on myself rather than the power of God but I think this not done intentionally. I just seem to be totally helpless.
Also I was wondering for mortal sin, do I need to know a particular sin is grave matter or would knowledge that it is a moral wrong sufficient.
Please pray for me. God bless
I don’t know how you are now but I feel for you, I go through the same constant worry of wandering if I committed a mortal sin or not. But like fr said, we HAVE to keep our minds away from that rabbit hole of paralyzing fear. Fear is a lie. Fear and worry is never from God. He will always lead us, He will never abandon His children!! He just wants us to trust Him more like a child. Ave Maria for you
Praise the Lord
Penance.
Cor Jesu Sacratissimum, miserere nobis!
Thanks!
Thank you and God bless you! 🙏
Thank you for this Father. This is something I have struggled with for many years. I am currently 23. I will pray for all of you who also struggle with Scrupulocity. 🙏
God bless you Fr Ripperger!! praise be Jesus Christ!!
Thank you so much Fr. Ripperger
You cleared up much confusion in my soul. God Bless you!
You had me at "Scrupulosity." Deo gratias!
THANK YOU. God bless each person who watches this.
🙏 Trust in Jesus's Mercy !
I needed to hear this sermon. Thanks!
Amaaaazing speech 👍 God bless you father
Fr. Ripperger, thank you for always answering my questions and providing much needed spiritual direction. Over the last week or so I’ve been ruminating on my past, teetering on the edge of scrupulosity. I caught it and took it to confession today, and I believe your talk has given me more tools to recognize it before it starts to get out of hand like that again.
This channel is one of the best resources we have. Thank God for you❤️
Ditto
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Last couple minutes were enlightening
More priests need to study how to deal with scrupulosity because this was the first time I heard this advice and it makes so much sense! God bless you, Fr. Ripperger!
Also, I think scrupulosity is more common in the modern era. Not only is this era persistently encourage self-absorbtion, but there is just so much I would say diabolical things in the media! I mean we have TV shows that just make sport of or encourage some of the most debased, evil sins imagineable!
Describes me down to the very minutiae...Thank you for this talk Father Ripperger
This helped me so much! I've been struggling with scrupulosity for a while and it's gotten so much worse the more I've grown in my faith. Thank you!!!!
Such compassion. Thank you
That was extremely helpful! Thank you, Father and God bless you.
Thank Father Ripperger for the guidance on confessing.🙏 You have helped me to understand more clearly.🙏 God Bless you Abundantly 🙏🙏
Thank You God! I needed this
Fr Ripperger at the end of this talk reminds me of the comedy skit with the therapist who says "STOP IT"
Powerful, Father Ripperger is exactly why we need more Catholic Priests. May all christians return to the One True Holy Catholic and Apostolic faith. Amen
I have suffered this since I was in grade 2 I am 21 now and it keeps get exponentially worse
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Trust and Humility is key
I thank God for having lead me to Father Rippeger.
I am very grateful to this speech Fr R. I began to develop severe scruples recently so much that it was the first and last thing i would think about before and after sleeping and it would ruminate in my mind all day unless i was distracted. This speech brought great clarity on the issue and it helped me let go of my lack of clarity towards my past sins which gave me great peace, trusting God would never trick me into damnation or damn me on a doubtful sin.
Best advice I can give you other than trusting God, is to stick with one priest for a long time.
For example, I used to have Sever scrupulousity. But not it’s very miner and not as severe as before, so give it time and you will get there.
My rule of thump is Grave, Know It’s grave or serious, and still choose to do it.
For example, I had a disordered desire in December that was very bad. I examined my comcious and I thought it was Okie, at worst it would be a near occasion of sin, so it’s not sinful and if it is, it is very minor. So after confidently thinking it was Okie, I put myself in such situation.
I felt guilty, so I confessed it as near occasion of sin when I had the chance because I knew I lacked full knowledge.
I confessed as a near occasion of sin without much details, because I felt uncomfortable and was too scared to give more details. I asked the priest is it fine if I don’t provide details even if it’s really bad near occasion of sin, he said yes. People like us, need to ignore our own reasons and trust our priest advice over us and continue focusing on the lord
I haven’t had a severe problem with it in a while, so I ranted to you to help myself and you.
I need continue trusting God, so you do.
I suffer from anxiety and panic disorder, so that leads me to scrupulosity often. I noticed I subconsciously started biting my nails while listening to this, because a lot of this is exactly what goes on in my mind. This was so very helpful for me to hear, though. Thank you for posting this!
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Seriously, that was the most timely video I have ever seen published *anywhere*. Thanks.
I know right, ordering of Divine Providence
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Thank you so much for this. Praise God.
I have had difficult times with scrupulosity all my life and I’m in my 70’s. The things I do today, even after all these years of trying to overcome them, are still so difficult. I try to rationalize thoughts and actions and still fall victim to failure.
Thank you Father this is a great homily. Wow, I am gonna focus on Jesus!
Everything I wrote pertains to the semi-deliberate acts and the distinctions between venial and mortal. The Church used to talk about the 3 conditions. No more, not now, not after the 2nd V Council. If this is predominantly addressing teenagers, as I heard, then I’m an 80 year old teen!
The thief hanging next to Jesus on the cross said to Him, “Remember me when you come into your kingdom”. Jesus replied to him, “This day you will be with me in paradise”. What am I worrying about⁉❣
9:15 -> 10:45 is the bottom line, what I must always remember and it confirms what I’ve always felt in my heart, that He’s always been with me, never forced to leave me.
Needed to hear this... This condition has been stunting my spiritual life for a year or two now ...
Just a quick comment Scrupulosity can be a subset of OCD to those of you who don't already know. Checking and rechecking in your mind and ruminating are mental compulsions to cope with feelings of anxiety and doubt. There are people with OCD who do not have Scrupulosity but Scrupulosity is itself a subset of OCD. The most common forms of therapy include cbt and erp, to find help please look into a good catholic therapist. Other mental compulsions insclude; repeating prayers, repeating penances, imagining future scenarios or past scenarios where little things are changed, pushing away bad thoughts and replacing them with good thoughts, trying to push away negative emotions like doubt, fear or anger. A helpful person to look into has been matt codde, he is not a catholic but he is a Christian and has suffered himself from OCD and Scrupulosity and has effectively sent his own OCD into remission. May God bless you all and don't ruminate about my comment.❤
This brings me great relief and clarity. I still feel my mind going to try to dodge around this and find another doubt, 2 back to back pregnancies and full time breastfeeding between each one has increased my post natal depression and my pre-existing scrupulosity is going through the roof. Prayers please for me to find a good confessor who can be firm with me and challenge me to move forward instead of looking back. We don’t have many good parishes in own diocese unfortunately
The surrender novena helps my scrupulosity a lot.
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Our Lady of Sorrows, Ora pro nobis.
Just what I needded! Thank you Fr Ripperger, and Sensus Fidelium
Thank you Father. Just thank you. God bless you.
Fr. Ripperger ~ The timing of this couldn’t be better and the clarity of “current” events that you covered was the consul that I needed. In a word, your statement regarding the “wondering” of mortal vs venial vs none in line with graveless/graveness ie no conscent, allows me to let go and focus on the Trinity. Thank you‼️
It didn’t help me to hear opposite information from a variety of confessors over several years either. Who should I believe? But what you said just rings a bell 🔔 in my heart and head. I’m going to give you prayers in thanksgiving beginning right now!
Fr Ripperger is super . He is a light in this dark times for me.
My concern is St Don Bosco and several other saints that saw visions of hell and that so many were there as opposed to heaven, even children sometimes. I have a long struggle with scrupulosity but am a lot better than I was.
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I am suffering from demonic obsession and this is exactly what is happening to me. I try so hard to stop the thoughts but when im dreaming is when i get attacked the most. If you are reading this please pray for me. I got into so much new age stuff and stopped believing in God and I now have renewed my relationship with him and im fighting with everything i have. Going to confession does help a lot but i panic that im doing something wrong that can give foot to these demons to attack me.
I've been where you are you will be delivered. You need to speak to a priest.
I used to suffer from demonic attacks in my dreams. Daily mass and weekly confession stopped it. I heard once that if you’re receiving the Eucharist daily there’s no room for the devil to get in. Prayers for you 🙏
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That meant so much to hear that there is a certain exemption for the scrupulous in regards to confession. It gives me great comfort, and it makes sense since scrupulosity is a disorder
Thank you Father, God bless you
Praise and thanks be to God, now and forever. These are very similar remedies that helped me by the grace of God.
God bless all of you.
This is the best talk on this subject I’ve heard.
This spoke directly to me… God brought me here. Praise the Lord 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
This helps SO much. Thank you Fr Ripperger!
Father Ripperger, you'll probably never read this, but I just wanted to say thank you. This video has quite possibly saved me, this video has truly helped me more than any other kind words, explanations, research ect... thank you. From the bottom of my heart thank you.
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Thank you Father! This is quite helpful!! May God bless you abundantly.
Thanks. I have more insight on how to deal with this now
Thank you Fr. Ripperger! This was extremely helpful for me.
I'm a new convert and I've been suffering from scrupulosity. This video helps a lot!
Thank you Father Chad,,,for clarity where clarity is needed.
Thank you I thought I was alone
Thank you, father, you explained this very well.
Thank you Father Ripperger this teaching has really helped me to take a step back and answered so many of my worries 🙏🙏
This helped me work through a scrupulosity that bothered me for over a decade and caused me to leave the faith. Thank you for this information, now that I'm back to the faith, I was able to overcome the problem I had before.
Loreto Publications carries a great book called "Scruples and Sainthood." It is a phenomenal book for those struggling with scrupulosity!
Thank you, I’m going to check it out.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH! This helped me a lot. God bless you all!
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit amen🙏✝️🙇♂✝️🙏.
I wrote a book about this horrible condition. It’s called Confession All. I pray for everyone who deals with this!
I've only had this the last few years. Recently I've gone to confession and mentioned things from 40 years ago. I kept thinking I'm not sure I ever told it. Also, I have feeling of resentment towards a member of my family. I tell it ever month. I don't do it willfully but the feelings can be quite intense sometimes. Also when growing up dad had the idea that when we went to confession we went to communion once but then didn't go again. I probably only take Communion around half a dozen times a year or so.
If you don't have the thoughts willfully, then there is no sin at all, not even venial sin. Receive more frequently, Jesus wants to be with you.
This was so helpful Father. Thank you so much!
A semi-deliberate act! Why does no one else expound on this!?
AND full consent of the will! Do people ever do anything that’s against their will, meaning they really don’t want to do it but it’s not really their choice!?
We need more priests like this!