>>17605591Also, never fall for “an eye for an eye”. The only acceptable use of violence is in self-defence explicitly when all else fails.
How many people have been your enemies in school but then they though: “what’s the point of this conflict” and you became friends? To kill is to deprive yourself of that joy of brotherhood.
>>17605594There’s nothing to lose by going to Confession, only time which you acknowledge would go to things you know that might not be right.
Every time I go to confession I feel like I can tell the priest everything and sometimes confess things that I didn’t want alongside things I did want to.
Honest to God, when he starts giving the Absolution, it feels like my hearts stops, and when he says “I absolve you of your sins”, it’s like a massive breath of fresh air with a weight lifted off my shoulders. I feel a spiritual change. You can too.
Compare your life to that of Job from the Book of Job - not who suffered more, but what made his suffering bearable.
Job endured because he trusted that God would reward him in the end, despite the many things that sought to break his trust.
You are alive today. Think of how many good works of faith you can do. When you make doing good your duty, then you will think something’s missing from your day until you have done it; there’s a good distraction.