Avicii

Avicii

Looking
Sep 4, 2018
424
I saw the blog post recently of Zanex a user on here who recently ctb and what struck me was hearing her say that she wasn't religious but still said a final prayer I guess on the off chance !!

I remember an aunt holding tight rosary beads when her time was up but she'd never been to church once in her life besides weddings and funerals including her own
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: IG959, Justanotherconsumer, Fixin’ToDie and 3 others
M

Morning Angel

Useless Broken Wings
Aug 8, 2018
618
I'm an atheist and I'm sure I'll be saying a prayer in that last minute too. I guess I want forgiveness even though to most religions it's an unforgivable act.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: RaphtaliaTwoAnimals, IG959, akosineenee and 3 others
Maravillosa

Maravillosa

Господи помилуй — мир в Україні!
Sep 7, 2018
689
I am Catholic and strive to be pretty serious about it. If and when I hang myself, I wonder how I will manage to tightly hold my rosary beads while my body undergoes decortication and decerebration rigidity. I suppose I will have to wrap my rosary around my wrist beforehand.

By the way, what would be suitable prayers that someone about to ctb could pray?
 
  • Like
Reactions: IG959, Jaded, lv-gras and 3 others
M

Morning Angel

Useless Broken Wings
Aug 8, 2018
618
I am Catholic and strive to be pretty serious about it. If and when I hang myself, I wonder how I will manage to tightly hold my rosary beads while my body undergoes decortication and decerebration rigidity. I suppose I will have to wrap my rosary around my wrist beforehand.

By the way, what would be suitable prayers that someone about to ctb could pray?
Why not make up your own? You're a writer, right? :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: RaphtaliaTwoAnimals, IG959 and Fixin’ToDie
D

Doctorj115

Member
Jul 19, 2018
87
I'm an atheist and I'm sure I'll be saying a prayer in that last minute too. I guess I want forgiveness even though to most religions it's an unforgivable act.

Then you aren't an atheist.
 
  • Like
Reactions: IG959, Ashpac and leavinghope
PatKat

PatKat

Meh
Aug 9, 2018
1,025
I do not believe... She is at peace though...
 
  • Like
Reactions: IG959, Fixin’ToDie, lv-gras and 1 other person
J

Jaded

Student
Sep 8, 2018
111
I am Catholic and strive to be pretty serious about it. If and when I hang myself, I wonder how I will manage to tightly hold my rosary beads while my body undergoes decortication and decerebration rigidity. I suppose I will have to wrap my rosary around my wrist beforehand.

By the way, what would be suitable prayers that someone about to ctb could pray?
I'm Catholic too and I am trying to CTB by not commiting suicide but it's a challenge.
 
  • Like
Reactions: IG959
Maravillosa

Maravillosa

Господи помилуй — мир в Україні!
Sep 7, 2018
689
Why not make up your own? You're a writer, right? :)

Below is a link to the Catholic commendation of a departing soul:

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/prayers/view.cfm?id=1134

The priest says it over the person who is about to die. If one is about to ctb, I suppose one can adapt it like this:

Go forth, O Christian soul, from this world, in the name of God the Father Almighty, who created me; in the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who suffered for me; in the name of the Holy Spirit, who was poured forth upon me; in the name of the glorious and ever blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God; in the name of St. Joseph, chaste Spouse of the same Virgin; in the name of the Angels and Archangels; in the name of the Thrones and Dominations; in the name of the Principalities and Powers; in the name of the heavenly Forces, Cherubim and Seraphim; in the name of the Patriarchs and Prophets; in the name of the holy Apostles and Evangelists; in the name of the holy Martyrs and Confessors; in the name of the holy Monks and Hermits; in the name of the holy Virgins and of all the Saints of God: may my place be this day in peace, and mine abode in holy Sion. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

O merciful and gracious God, O God, according to the multitude of Thy mercies Thou blotteth out the sins of such as repent, and graciously remit the guilt of their past offenses, mercifully regard me, Thy servant (handmaid), and grant me a full discharge from all my sins, who with a contrite heart most earnestly begs it of Thee. Renew, O merciful Father, whatever has been vitiated in me by human frailty, or by the frauds and deceits of the enemy: and associate me as a member of redemption to the unity of the body of the Church. Have compassion, Lord, on my sighs, have compassion on my tears; and admit me, who has no hope but in Thy mercy, to the sacrament of Thy reconciliation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.​

Me again. The prayers are rather long: these are just the first two of them. I think they are prettier than just about anything I could make up. For example, here is the scene in my alternate history where Asquith is about to ctb:

Asquith picked up the revolver. It felt heavy. His breathing was jagged and his heart was beating quickly, as if to protest against his decision. He whispered the Lord's Prayer. "Forgive me, God, for all this trouble," he then murmured. There! The muzzle was above his heart. Here it goes, he thought —

And pulled the trigger.​

Of course, Asquith was not a Catholic: he had been raised a Congregationalist, and as an adult at least nominally adhered to a Broad Church Anglicanism. He would have probably found "Go forth, O Christian soul" rather long-winded and convoluted.
 
  • Like
Reactions: IG959, lv-gras and Fixin’ToDie
Lra888

Lra888

Enlightened
Sep 30, 2018
1,140
The Bible / Jesus doesn't say that suicide is an unforgivable sin. It says Jesus died in the cross to forgive all sin - which includes suicide. Some Catholics believe suicides go to hell because you cannot confess afterwards but there is no biblical source for the idea that this is true (or the need to confess to a priest for that matter).
 
  • Like
Reactions: IG959 and Maravillosa

Similar threads

pain6batch9
Replies
4
Views
389
Offtopic
Pluto
Pluto
T
Replies
1
Views
199
Suicide Discussion
Lulu Sun
Lulu Sun
Zecko
Replies
7
Views
560
Suicide Discussion
aloicious
A
Açucarzinho583
Replies
20
Views
966
Politics & Philosophy
EvisceratedJester
EvisceratedJester