I've been struggling for quite a while. It's hard to really explain it all, but ever since my miscarriages and terrible deaths of my cat and kitten last year, I have never quite recovered. I feel like I've been set aside and forgotten in my grief. I'm still praying, maybe more than ever, but my body and mind are trapped in a cycle of stress, fear, and sadness that God doesn't seem willing to free me from as of yet. I feel silly writing this out, because there are people suffering much more than I am, but there has been such a toll on my health that I'm struggling on a minute-by-minute basis at this point. I'm exhausted and I beg your prayers for a little relief. Your prayers have always helped me in the past. Thank you.
But thier pain is different from your pain. Your pain is pain sister, it would be easy to say the cliché offer it up so I wont instead I will ask Simon of cyrene to help you carry your cross. Lord Jesus, you accepted the help of Simon of Cyrene when you were crushed beneath the weight of the cross. Forgive me for the times I refuse to carry the crosses destined for me. Teach me to embrace my burdens and unite them with your suffering. Open my eyes and heart to the needs of my neighbors, granting me the grace to gladly help others bear their loads. Amen.
I'm praying that God will lighten the emotional burden you're carrying, as well as the burden on your entire family.
Is there a grief counselor near you? You could call Catholic Social Services and get some help for your grief. It’s a process, and help is available.
Prayers PF that you will find relief from your stress and sadness. I will be visiting Knock for the first time next weekend for a special Mass in honour of Blessed Alexandrina and will also pray for you there.
Offer it up to God for the salvation of the souls of Purgatory. Those souls will help you back. I will also pray for you.
Thank you; that was comforting. In addition to my emotional desolation, I'm having mysterious physical problems, one after another, that keep plaguing me. It's as if my nervous system has gone haywire. Then my son has had very swollen tonsils for two months now. He just finished his 3rd round of antibiotics to no avail and will probably have to have the tonsils removed. I don't even know if the real problem is the tonsils, because for the past 3 months my throat has felt strangely swollen, with flare-ups of nerve pain in my neck. I don't know if this is a strange, very long-lasting virus that has attacked both of our throats. It's all been so much.
Prayers again today, I kept hoping and thinking things were gettting better and clearly they are not. But you have a great Faith. God had His reasons. He is with you in all this. He is hearing your prayers.
Thank you, Padraig. I had a bit of a breakdown yesterday but Mary came to my rescue. I was really battling spiritually, and there were evil faces coming toward me from all sides every time I closed my eyes...but I kept praying Hail Mary's and when I hid under Mary's mantle, she drove them away. My son and I have been offering up our pain for my husband's 23 year old nephew in particular, who was never baptized and has no faith. We just got a call today that this nephew asked to be admitted to a psychiatric ward for a while because he's been really struggling. I pray that God is working on him and will try to be more courageous in whatever God wants.
Funny that we are experiencing the same type of things. It has seemed endless. Last week, my youngest daughter came down with a virus likely from her kids that had mild versions. She has not been able to speak for almost a week as the virus targets the throat making it extremely sore and swollen, feels like strep. My hubby has caught it too and is suffering badly. I was visiting my sister and the day after I left my daughter became quite ill with flu-like symptoms and a day later my hubby got it! Since I was picked up I couldn't just come right back home and had to wait till yesterday to get back! We've had ongoing health issues both here and my daughters family, and my sister is in a very fragile state as well. I believe many families are going through this right now, in many different ways and its bad. I'm hoping something happens to end it all, like the warning because as you said, "It's all been so much.
@PurpleFlower I'll be visiting the Blue Cross in Medjugore this evening for the last time this trip. I'm going to lay a purple flower there for you, to bring you to Our Lady in that special place.
