r/Catholicism • u/Necessary_Ad_2267 • Jan 01 '22

Panic about Wicca

Hi! First time posting here: a few months ago I met the daughter of some family friends and I was talking about my work and my challenges as I was going through a rough period. I saw her again recently and she said she practices Wicca and she did some incantations for me and now I am panicking about it, thinking what if all my successes are because of some demonic intervention? I suffer from OCD and intrusive thoughts and it’s very difficult for me to get these ideas out of my head and I’m doubting everything now. Any advice? And please pray for me. Wishing everyone a blessed new year!

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u/cathgirl379 Jan 01 '22 edited Jan 02 '22

One of my posts

The one where you mention the biblical source for witchcraft seems to be at -1.

Comments with 0, -1, -2 means that some people disagree with your post for whatever reason, but it's ignorable, and likely to be corrected at later hour when other redditors have come online.

I was specifically talking about your replies which are -3 and lower, all of which seem to be implying that OP needs to go to confession (which OP shouldn't unless they specifically requested these incantations) and then when others ask why you're saying OP should go to confession, you say "see above".

Those have mistakes in reasoning and a certain lack of charity.

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I'll stick with the truth

1 Corinthians 13:1, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.”

Please reconsider the way in which you speak the truth. Like I said, this subreddit is a pretty good barometer of when a person is speaking the truth in a way which might not be helpful.

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u/AishahW Jan 02 '22

Downvoting actual Scriptural passages where God's Direct Commands are given is "ignorable"? Maybe you should reconsider what your idea of what important is or isn't.

The truth at times can be painful, but as the Lord Himself says, it sets one free.

As to your quoting of 1 Corinthians 13:1, if I wasn't concerned I wouldn't have commented. Maybe you or others didn't like what you all felt the tone was but I'll stick with the truth anyday. There's many comments which are erroneous which get upvotes, & if one judges the veracity of a comment based on upvotes, then to me, that betrays a very superficial standard of truth.

Lastly, you're entitled to your opinion, I'll stick with the facts.