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Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Hello Father Josh!

Let me start out by saying you are such an incredible blessing to so many! God has truly sent you to help those in need. You are so relatable, and it is wonderful and very encouraging. I will continue to pray for you and your family.
My question or concern is this. A number of years ago, in my 20’s, I was at a very low point. I was depressed and searching for what I hoped would be real love. I found myself continuing to make the same mistake repeatedly, by sleeping with these men I’d date sometimes only briefly. I am so incredibly ashamed and disappointed in myself. Though I have confessed these sins on multiple occasions during Confession, I can’t ever forgive myself. I do believe God most likely forgives me, but am also deeply afraid of the recourse I will have to pay for these mistakes. I am frightened of the suffering in purgatory, though I know I deserve the consequences and to be made clean before entering Heaven. It was such a sad time in my life, and I shied away from what was right. I am just wondering, does it offend God that I don’t forgive myself? Will I suffer immensely for these sins? Can I do anything to earn penance while on Earth? I know we must pay for our sins and that He died for ours. But I can’t help but to feel scared of dying because of this. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

God Bless you.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all,
0:04.0	y'all welcome to the Summer edition of Ask Father Josh
0:07.0	each week from June through July.
0:09.0	We're going to be releasing snippets from previous episodes of the podcast.
0:12.0	These snippets will be answers to some of the most popular questions we've had on the show.
0:16.0	Hope these short episodes offer you encouragement as you continue your walk towards eternity. God bless and I'll see you in the fall with all new
0:24.0	episodes to Ask Father Josh podcast.
0:28.6	Katie writes in about dealing with shame.
0:32.6	Hey Father Josh, let me start out by saying you were such an incredible blessing to so many.
0:36.6	God has truly sent you to help those in need.
0:39.2	You're so relatable and it is wonderful and very encouraging.
0:42.2	I continue to pray for you and your family thank you Katie first of all thank you your prayers
0:46.4	only in heaven while I know how God used your prayers Katie to help me and help my family out And so please keep me in your prayers and
0:54.4	particularly please keep my family in your prayers as well. My question or concern is
0:58.9	this. A number of years ago on my 20s I was at a very low point I was depressed and searching for what I hope
1:03.8	would be real love. Real love. I'm searching for that real love. school marriage oblige real love.
1:15.0	That's the old school marriage oblige real love.
1:21.0	You see I'm searching for a real love and I don't know where to go.
1:26.0	I searching high and low and something something something never know.
1:31.0	Yeah, so Mary J Blage, she has some bangers. If you don't know who she is, maybe her best song is called B Without You is...
1:39.0	A chemistry was crazy from the get go go neither one of us knew why
1:46.3	Something something overnight because a love like this takes some time
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