Soldiers of the Immaculate with Fr. Isaac #026: Absolution and Discernment of Vocations

In this episode Father addresses two questions: practical advice for teenagers seeking to know their vocation and advice and encouragement for those trapped in a particular sin, the reasons for a priest to delay absolution, the remedies that can be applied to overcome a sin into which one relapses, and the need to pray for priests and politely encourage them to read the writings of Saint Alphonsus.

Remedies for impurity:
1. Receive Holy Communion everyday, only if you are in the state of grace.
2. Do spiritual communions, as often as possible.
3. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary:
- Consecrate yourself to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Pray the Rosary daily for purity.
- Say three Hail Mary’s on your knees — with your hands under your knees — for purity.
- Wear the Scapular.
- Call on Our Lady immediately when tempted (Saint Alphonsus says it is an infallible sign that you will not fail if you call on Our Lady!).
- Pray that the Blessed Virgin Mary will grant you the efficacious grate that you will have a deep hatred for sins of impurity, and that you would rather die in the state of grace than to ever commit a mortal sin.
4. Pray to Blessed Virgin Mary to find a steady faithful confessor, who can help, and go to every week. Meditate on one of the four last things every day: death, judgement, hell and heaven.
5. Practice the presence of God at all times. He knows every thought and deed you do and can strike you dead in your sins.
6. Avoid all occasions of sin. Avoiding everything that cuts us off from God’s friendship: tv, internet porn, bad company etc…
7. Temperance in food and drink. Practice interior an exterior penance.
8. Dress modestly.
9. Practice custody of eyes.
10. Take a grain of exorcised salt when tempted.

No one falls who practices all of the above! You must do all of the above, the only exception is #1 if you are not in the state of grace.

BOOKS AND LINKS:
In addition to the following Amazon links there are more links to other sources at https://www.soti.blog/2024/10/22/soti-podcast-026-2024-10-21/

Saint Alphonsus' Daily Meditations and Readings for Every Day of the Year: https://www.religiousbookshelf.com/meditations-and-readings/
Father Isaac's Mission Sermons on the Four Last Things: https://www.soti.blog/four-last-things/
Prayer: The Great Means of Salvation and Perfection by Saint Alphonsus: https://amzn.to/4hcES5r
The Dignity And Duties Of The Priest by Saint Alphonsus: https://amzn.to/3Yiz7ux
Guide for Confessors by Saint Alphonsus: https://amzn.to/3YyNqMP
Counsels to Confessors by Saint Leonard of Port Maruice: https://amzn.to/4dYxRT4
The Little Number of Those Who are Saved: Sermon by Saint Leonard of Port Maurice: https://amzn.to/3NB26EG
Saint Joseph Cafasso: Priest of the Gallows: https://amzn.to/3YwGFea
Jesus, King of Love by Father Mateo: https://angeluspress.org/products/jesus-king-of-love
Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco: From Saint John Bosco's Biographical Memoirs: https://amzn.to/4eSEc3s

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