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question of consent to sexual thought	lisara	Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Question: I was partially asleep and was thinking about various thing and I thought a sexual though of someone other than my spouse. I don't know how long i held the thought the in my my mind, but I was aware that I was thinking it. But i quit and didn't want it after i realized that i was thinking it I don't know if i should follow some old advice of a priest that said I was scrupulous 20 years ago that when in doubt, there is no sin. since Since then I have gotten better from scruples, but now I feel the same interior pain occurring as then. Since i had gotten better from my scruples, I was told to disregard that advice about 10 years ago. I don't want for the Sacrament of Reconciliation to become a horrible experience again. Please tell me if I should follow the first priest's advice. I am so discouraged that I wish I could give up I am crying and in so much pain interiorly
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), LTh, DD Dear Lisara: Thoughts in dreams or in the twilight period between the sleep state or wake state are not sin. These thoughts are outside of our conscious and deliberate consent, which is required for it to be sin. You "quit and didn't want it after i realized that i was thinking it" which shows that you had no deliberate consent. You did not sin. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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question of consent to sexual thought

lisara

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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I was partially asleep and was thinking about various thing and I thought a sexual though of someone other than my spouse. I don't know how long i held the thought the in my my mind, but I was aware that I was thinking it. But i quit and didn't want it after i realized that i was thinking it

I don't know if i should follow some old advice of a priest that said I was scrupulous 20 years ago that when in doubt, there is no sin. since Since then I have gotten better from scruples, but now I feel the same interior pain occurring as then. Since i had gotten better from my scruples, I was told to disregard that advice about 10 years ago. I don't want for the Sacrament of Reconciliation to become a horrible experience again. Please tell me if I should follow the first priest's advice. I am so discouraged that I wish I could give up I am crying and in so much pain interiorly

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), LTh, DD

Dear Lisara:

Thoughts in dreams or in the twilight period between the sleep state or wake state are not sin. These thoughts are outside of our conscious and deliberate consent, which is required for it to be sin.

You "quit and didn't want it after i realized that i was thinking it" which shows that you had no deliberate consent. You did not sin.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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