Prayer in the face of temptation from the Devil.

I'll keep this short. There's no easy way to say this. As a committed unbaptized Catholic, I find myself often second guessing myself-always the voice in the back of my mind saying, "Don't become Catholic, you'll only be chained down in life." "Enjoy life to its fullest!" "You're sinning anyway, it's not going to stop after you are washed of your sins!"

I am clear minded and rooted in my faith enough to know this to be temptation. However, as I have learned, there is no worse than to hide, to feign strength for others. To do this is to be proud. Thus is the reason I am writing this. I know that at this critical time in my life, in the season of Lent, where I have fallen to sin so many times already, I am being tempted to bug out. To quit, so that I might be another soul to collect in Hell. Well...there is no question about how afraid I am. Of everything. And I am tempted. And recently my sins have really severed me with God. And I know that's Satan's passage to me, without a doubt. There's no question I'm weak, and there's no question there's doubt in my mind. But I write this in the hope that to admit myself freely, I won't be alone in facing this tribulation. I know that my true place is with God and while I know that sinning makes Him sad, this little admittance of my faults and fears will remove my doubts and replace it with hope. Hope to continue in my preparation.

So to the Devil, I say, you may tempt me and I may fall sometimes, but in the end, I know that God's glory will destroy you. I refuse to submit to you.

My Lord God, dear Jesus, may I commit myself, my body and soul to you, may everything I do be in your Holy name and glory. I am wholly sorry for my shortcomings, my faults and falls to temptation. May I ask for Your blessings and may I ask to have all doubt removed from my mind as I near the end of this short journey in the start of the journey of my new life.

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is on Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass upon us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil.
Amen

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.


Holy Mary, ever virgin, may I ask for your intercessions, pray on my behalf to your Son Jesus, my Lord for His blessings and His protection.

St. Joseph, pray for me, for the sanctity of purity.
St. Benedict, pray for me, for the purity of soul, for the protection from demons within me, and for my actions to be not in evil, but for the glory of God.