The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast Are Your Sins the Same Story Again and Again? Rewrite the Script.
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Nov 2, 2023 Learn how to overcome repetitive sins by recognizing the patterns and triggers behind them, and rewriting the script. Explore the challenges of rewriting the script and the iterative process of finding what works. Discover the process of breaking free from sinful behaviors and patterns with recognition, planning, and intense effort, with the help of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
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Sins Often Follow A Recognizable Script
- Recurrent sins follow a predictable script you can learn to recognize.
- Recognizing the script gives you the power to interrupt it before it finishes.
Teachers' Lounge Gossip Example
- He describes teachers who habitually fall into gossip in the teachers' lounge as a recurring-script example.
- The example shows how environment and predictable conversation leads people back into the same sin.
Young Couple Naming Their Triggers
- He shares a young couple who repeatedly fell into sins against chastity but could name the times and places it occurred.
- Naming the specific moments helped them see where to intervene.