Suicide -A Spiritual TransgressionSpiritual Transgression Have you ever felt depressed or hopeless? Have you ever wanted to give up on life? Are the following phrases familiar to you, “I will be better off dead,” or “All I want to do is sleep and never wake up?” Additionally, are you suffering due to the loss of a loved one, and wish to take your life in order to be reunited? If you have felt any of the above-mentioned, or are seriously thinking of committing suicide, it is important that you rethink your situation. It is a great mistake to think that your suffering will end by committing suicide. Just because the body dies, does not mean that the suffering stops. As mentioned previously, the body dies, however, the spirit lives on. “God forbids a man to shorten his life by committing suicide. If a man commits suicide, he automatically becomes a spirit in darkness” (The Gospel According To Allan Kardec). “Instead of being reunited to the object of their affection, those who have made this sad mistake find themselves separated, and for a very long time, from the being they hoped to rejoin; for God cannot recompense, by the granting of a favour, an act which is at once a proof of moral cowardice, an insult offered to Him in distrusting His providence” (The Spirit Book by Allan Kardec). “If your day appears to be gloomy and frightening, wait for the morrow. Wait a little longer…Divine Providence has ways of which you are completely unaware for clarifying things and removing errors and difficulties. If your suffering seems unbearable, think of Jesus and His utter humiliation on the cross. He trusted God” (After The Storm by Divaldo P. Franco and Joanna De Angelis). Below is a visual of the before and after the suicide act.
Prayer For One Who Committed Suicide We know, my God, what fate awaits those who disregard your laws by shortening their days upon earth. But, we also know that your mercy knows no bounds. Please let your mercy flow towards the soul of___________________, may our prayers and your empathy sweeten the bitter taste of the fate he is experiencing for not having had the guts to see his trials through. Good Spirits whose mission it is to assist the downtrodden, take him under your wing, inspire him to repent from his faults and show him the light towards God. Amen (Helping Yourself With Selected Prayers Volume 2).
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