Scrupulosity and Prayer
Gabriel Garnica
March 4, 2026
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“The devil knows our buttons and has no problem pressing them as often as possible.” – Gabriel Garnica
Scrupulosity: The Devil’s Sinister Shell Game
Gabriel Garnica
October 16, 2025
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“(The devil) is indeed the ultimate, eternal peddler, inviting each of us into his cunning shell game of misdirection and deception.” – Gabriel Garnica
Should I Still Go to Confession if I Have Nothing to Confess?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
August 7, 2025
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“Here we can enter a gray area between venial sin, for which we are in some way directly responsible, and what spiritual writers call “imperfections,” for which we are only remotely responsible, if at all.” – Fr. John Bartunek
Taking the ‘Sin’ Out of Sincerity: Overcoming Scrupulosity in Religious Life
Trent Beattie
October 24, 2023
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“Maintaining reasonable expectations of self is key to overcoming scrupulosity. Despite grand designs and goals that might be entertained, there is only so much that one can actually do.” – Trent Beattie
Is the Occasion of Sin a Sin?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
July 21, 2023
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“In those cases where I can easily avoid something that I know will be a very strong temptation for me, I need to do what I can to avoid it.” – Fr. John Bartunek
The Ten Commandments of Scrupulosity
Dan Burke
January 12, 2021
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This post originally published 7/14/09. TEN COMMANDMENTS OF SCRUPULOSITY Important Note: If you do not specifically struggle with scrupulosity, this advice is not likely
Understanding and overcoming scrupulosity – Part II of II
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
November 24, 2020
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the early years of SpiritualDirection.com and is just as relevant today. We are re-publishing some of
Understanding and overcoming scrupulosity – Part I of II
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
November 17, 2020
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the early years of SpiritualDirection.com and is just as relevant today. We are re-publishing some of our
What is a General Confession?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
September 27, 2018
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General Confession and Scrupulosity Dear Father John: What is a general confession? And, under what circumstances should one make a general confession? Should a
Frequent Confession of Sin
Dan Burke
July 13, 2018
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Dan Burke and Melissa Elson discuss readers’ questions about frequent confession and the importance of confessing venial sins.