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Keyword: scrupulosity

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  • What I DON'T Know About Scrupulosity (Never Feeling Good Enough, or Never Forgiven)—Enough At Least to Shut Up

    02/22/2026 12:01:51 PM PST · by CharlesOConnell · 35 replies
    Life | 02/22/2026 | Charles Oconnell
    Unwise people will say to a parent who has had the marrow ripped out of their souls, having a child die on them, "I understand what you're going through." Oh, you understand? -- that you are feeling discomfort at this situation; but if you were my peer, if you also lost a child, you would never say "I understand", you would have the sense to shut your face and say NOTHING, after you own experience of personally having to fend off all the goody-two-shoes "sympathetic" people who are actually morbidly afraid of death and so have to "stim" (self-stimulate) emotionally...
  • Letting go of dread

    08/06/2016 8:19:17 AM PDT · by Salvation · 17 replies
    OSV.com ^ | 07-06-16 | Msgr. Charles Pope
    Letting go of dread Question: I have serious scrupulosity and have worked closely with several priests. I have been told if I follow their advice, I will go straight to heaven when I die. How can they make this statement? I am in grave doubt. — Name withheld, Cleveland Answer: Since you do not state what the advice is, I cannot comment on that aspect. It is true that no one here, even a priest, can state unequivocally that a person will “go straight to heaven” when they die. The only exceptions might be someone who was baptized moments before...