As someone who at times struggles with scrupulosity, I STRONGLY recommend finding a spiritual director, ask your normal/usual confessor if he’d be willing to be your spiritual director and consult furthermore with him on whether or not your thoughts and situation was truly sinful or just scrupulous.
Trust God's love. He isn't a harsh judge who looks for the smallest flaw to send you to hell. Jesus did not come to this world to condemn it, He came to save it.
Trust God's love. He isn't a harsh judge who looks for the smallest flaw to send you to hell. Jesus did not come to this world to condemn it, He came to save it.
Trust God's love. He isn't a harsh judge who looks for the smallest flaw to send you to hell. Jesus did not come to this world to condemn it, He came to save it.
Ive noticed that if we are morally weak in our thoughts we need to mortify our bodies. Love of comfort and/or failure to sacrifice even little comforts makes us weak and easily overcome. Pride makes it hard to accept that we are really like this. Start making sacrifices of personal comfort and see how it overcomes these thoughts. ❤
I don't know where I heard/read this, but it was from a wise priest: MORTAL SIN IS LIKE A RAGING LION.....YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE ONE FACING YOU. I also used to suffer from scrupulosity. It was terrible during my teen years. I beat the problem (it was a slow process) by saying to myself: The hell with it because this concern IS NOT NORMAL. It's wrecking the life God gave me....I'll just go on living like any regular good person. I WAS THE PROBLEM by making God THE ogre in my life. I brought the problem to the Cross and asked God to take care of it. My life SLOWLY became fine and normal.
Grave matter | Full knowledge | Deliberate consent. I'm pretty sure I was aware of the three conditions before yet I had been going to weekly confession thinking I was confessing mortal sins because I wasn't considering full knowledge and deliberate consent in my examination. I would just go through the 10 commandments and the seven capital sins in a binary fashion broken or not. I was starting to think it was impossible for anyone to be in a state of grace for more than a few hours/days. For example, my brain was jumping at 3:00 screaming, he broke the 4th commandment. Of course, for it to be mortal it would require knowledge of the commandment, knowledge at the moment that this is what he's doing, and the willful choice to ignore the mother (so not out of forgetfulness or absent-mindedness). Thank you, scrupulosity sucks. I'll be making the distinction now.
Thank you Father. Not getting hung up on whether a sin is mortal or venial is ok if you're about to go to confession. But one shouldn't take communion if one has committed a mortal sin. I go to confession on the first Saturday of each month and go to daily Mass. If I've committed a mortal sin, I can't take communion. That would be a mortal sin in itself! Not being in a state of grace is risky business. I don't want to compound the issue. And yet how many of us risk it every Sunday... We should go to confession immediately after a mortal sin. But this requires knowing that it is one. Then again going after every little venial sin just to be safe (in case it is mortal) seems a little over the top. Didn't Martin Luther drive his confessor crazy by going to confession many times throughout the day for the smallest of things? How does one strike a healthy balance without losing our soul? Knowing if a sin is venial or mortal is critical!
If I recall correctly, I've been taught that obsessive, anxious scrupulosity often comes from a lack of trust in divine grace and mercy, and in a way, this is actually rooted in pride.
Hello, Frederic. Cultivating your love for Christ and your conscience is essential to distinguish venial and mortal sins. You can do that through prayer, good examples (like saints and good Christians that you know), regular study of the Catholic faith, finding a wise spiritual director... Moral theology distinguishes healthy, scrupulous and lax conscience. If you do not know what these mean, a fast research will quickly enlighten you. Usually, you will know when you have committed a mortal sin, it is quite clear. It has grave matter (the Ten Commandments and the Five Commandments of the Church are a greatest reference; you should also check if there was malice or grave harm caused by the sin), full knowledge and deliberate consent. In a way, there are 6 conditions: matter (grave or not), knowledge (full or not) and consent (deliberate or not). If these conditions are not completely fulfilled, it is not mortal sin. (Let me remind you that acting when you think something is a mortal sin when actually it is not is a mortal sin). People with healthy conscience are not forced to confess a sin they do not know is mortal. Those with scrupulous conscience are not only not force, but discouraged (and sometimes forbidden) to confess them. However, those with lax conscience must confess if they are not sure. I recommend you research more about this matter. Pax et bonum.
@@tvinhighdefinition all good points. I'm right there with you. Erring on the side of caution in the confessional is a good idea. Though I've had priests who try to excuse away what I know to be, clearly and objectively, a mortal sin. Also, a good examination of conscience is a healthy way to end your day.
Sometimes I find myself thinking about weird things but they are not voluntary. When I realized that they are not good I make the sign of the cross. When you are in doubt st Alphonsus says does not count. This is specially when thoughts are obsessive. You have to ignore them.
Maria, it helps to replace the bad thought with a simple prayer asking God, the Blessed Mother, your Guardian Angel or favorite saint to help you...they will
Thank you Fr. Pine this was somewhat helpful for me as a sufferer of scrupulosity. Please pray for me. May GOD continue to bless you and your ministry. ☦️🙏📿
Thank you fr. PINE for walking us through the thought and mind of inattention to something that triggers temptation to enjoyment of sin...and how the same inattention to grace of God can be cultivated that lifts and tucks us back to restoration, healing in His divine life. Thank you matt.
Christ knew that we would fall back into sin after His resurrection. Think of John's gospel when he relates that Christ breathed on them saying: Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive, are forgiven. Whose sins are retained, are retained. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is abundant grace waiting to be poured upon us!
It is always easy to analyze this question with sexual sins, because their content is obvious, as is one’s intention to embrace them or not. Much more difficult are emotions over which a person cannot really exercise conscious will. Anger for example. You can’t will yourself into not being angry about something or at someone. When you become angry what would be a conscious thing you could do to avoid sin?
I struggle with anger, and you have to realize that it is rooted in impatience or pride. You can use your will to stop your anger, and that comes from turning that anger on yourself and pointing out in humility where you went wrong. You have to accuse yourself of the pride that led to anger. Then the scales fall from your eyes and your anger becomes contrition.
@@juice2307 To return to my original point. There is no such thing as a just sexual sin; anger can be just, but just anger can become sinful. How to decide how angry can you get with Francis for bringing pagan idols into St. Peter’s?
Ransom, You can talk to God about how you feel and give Him room to speak to you...If you focus on sharing your thoughts and feelings sincerely, God will help you and you will get closer to Him... St Therese of Lisieux wrote a book about herself called "the Story of a Soul" this book is so helpful...She is such a great Saint...this book will show you how to understand what God wants and how much God loves you...I will pray for you that God will bless abundantly you and your loved ones
I love the "crowd it out" vs "root it out" approach. I often struggle with scrupulousity and beating myself up over falling short. I get frustrated with being flawed even though that is my nature. That leads to the exhaustion mentioned in the video, but also despair. It leads me to think I'm hopeless and that God could never forgive me for not being able to fix myself. If, however, I grow closer to the Lord, my disordered affections will naturally become weaker. Going to adopt this method going forward. Please pray for me!
The Lord detests all sin...especially willful disobedience from HIS followers. Repent of your sins as we wait in joyful hope for the return of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Some other suggestions: By and with your faith in Christ, bring Him into your scrupulosity, because He is the Light that enlightens one's mind and dispels confusion, anxiety, and fear. Christ is also the Truth which will set you free. Of course, as with any spiritual exercise, it can take a bit of practice, but just trust in Jesus to help you with this. After all, He is the all-knowing and all-powerful Divine Psychologist. On a practical note, don't confuse temptations for sins. Temptations can be severely strong and long-lasting, but are not sins. Sins are committed when they are admitted and engaged by the love in one's heart. God may allow temptations so that one grows in dependence upon Him to survive temptations and to grow in virtue. He may also allow temptations to foster and sustain humility and to avoid spiritual pride. When one is intellectually honest about his weakness, he should remain humble. Know the moral facts. In other words, get a good Examination of Conscience guide. Sins are objectively defined and not imaginary. For example, if you are hiking on a trail and happen to step on two fallen twigs that happen to form a cross, that isn't a sin as some might imagine. Also, if you have a repeating thought or moral vexation, consider jotting it down. If it re-emerges out of habit, you can continue to dismiss it, since you've already noted it just as if someone kept repeating a message to you that you already know; and you'd rightly tell them that you've already noted it and can ignore repeated requests. By doing this, you can thought control. The more you do this, the stronger you get and can quit answering the unnecessary and irrelevant uninvited thoughts into your heart, but sometimes you must be tough like you really mean it. Evict evil squatters (read: scrupulous thoughts) who are used to free-lodging in your soul and deadbolt the doors of your heart. After all, you're in charge, authorized by God Who empowers you to send bad thoughts back to Hell. By doing this, I left a lot of useless thoughts behind. You may wish to consider finding a good spiritual director who is honest, kind, knowledgeable with the heart of a teacher who can guide and support you. Ideally it's a priest, but it could be nun or pious confidant. I hope these may help as we continue to pray for each other.
To me if u have a hard time explaining in the confessional a mortal sin and if your heart is in the right direction. Only our lord would know if your trying your best. Their are people who do try so hard and worry after confession if they made a good confession or not.
I think the way we explain this topic as Catholics is entirely unhelpful… every discussion of mortal sin (including this video, to some degree) seems to suggest that it is common for a believer to be frequently falling from grace, and in need of confession. This makes no sense to me. Either we are committed to Christ or we are not. And if we are committed to Christ, then we are taking all our known sins and vices seriously, and trying to root them out. But our sanctification comes slowly at times, and through many hard-fought battles, and at the expense of many losses and failures. To suggest that every lost battle with a sin is a mortal blow to our soul seems highly illogical to me. And the idea that there is some fuzzy, unknown threshold that we may or may not cross also seems contrary to what we know of God. God does not operate in technicalities… I cannot conceive of him barring someone from heaven because their sin was just barely grave enough to be considered mortal - or because they didn’t happen to make it to confession before an untimely death. And what’s worse, it seems completely damaging to suggest that someone wrestling with sinful inclinations and habits must refrain from communion because they stumbled in their efforts. What seems far more important is whether they are wrestling with sin in the first place. There is a huge difference between losing a battle against the enemy and defecting in order to join the enemy. To defect, to side with the enemy, to reject Christ - that is a mortal blow to the soul. I think we need to talk more about the disposition of one’s soul toward Christ and whether there has been a real conversion of heart or not… that seems much more important than trying to scrutinize specific actions using the three conditions. I would love to hear a theologian approach this topic from that angle.
I don’t know if you are right or not but what you say sure makes a lot of sense to me. I only say this because it would be SUPER helpful to hear a theologian speak about this…maybe that would be Fr. Pine even…
Hi father. My son told me he is bisexual. It troubles me soo. It’s killing me. Everyone is telling me how old fashion I am. Sick of it. My son and I are very close. He wants me to accept all of him. But I can’t. Besides prayer. Any words to help us
Hi, Michele. I’m not father Pine, but I hope can help. I don’t know how old your son is. If he is still young, pay attention to what he has access to and to his companies. In today’s world, parents have to be very careful, because this pernicious ideology is everywhere. Also, you should give him good examples of Christian life (yourself and saints). Above all, prayer, fasting and almsgiving are your strongest weapons. Be the best Christian you can be, so that he will imitate you. I’m afraid showing the Church’s doctrine won’t help if he has not gone through a profound conversion. Trust Our Lord’s mercy and His Blessed Mother. I will pray for you and for your son, Michele.
@@tvinhighdefinition. Thank you very much for your encouraging reply. My son is 27. I found out a few years ago he has an addiction to pornography He has done counselling for it. Yet still struggles. I imagine this is why these things happen. I feel like I’ve failed him as his mother. My husband and I did our best. Still do. But this issue is soo difficult to discuss w him. He knows how I feel. But I don’t want to shame him. Think he’s coming to accept it. I’ll try fasting. I do pray but not enough. Thanks again for ur suggestions
An important thing: the sin isn't part of him. When you accept all of him, it excludes the sin he commits. I caution you to beware, the ideology which promotes today's sins are very clever and specious. Both pray and educate yourself. Figure out ways to reason past any rebuttal your son has in regards to this particular sin. I will include you in my prayers.
czcams.com/video/2xQ1p9C1Wmc/video.html I recommend watching this, it's great and teaches us to be a loving father and firm in our faith. And at the end of the video he answers questions like yours. Hope this helps. God bless 🙏
I'd say that typically most young adults, even middle-age adults, will at some point in their lives find themselves tempted by sexual thoughts- best odds there is to picture the person or persons involved in the scenario doing other things that'd be romantic but not at all sexual: a martial arts move that turns the attack into a labor force of your own to resist all the more later on.
Solid video by a solid priest. However, it is definitely oriented towards adults due to the level of intellectual thought and language. It is way over the heads of children, youth, and, even the average in-the-pew Catholic.
I have trouble identifying venial sins. For instance, if I become angry with someone but don’t express it, is that anger sinful? I don’t want to become scrupulous, but I’d like to continue to grow in virtue. Could you give some practical examples of venial sins?
Dear Fr. Pine, If I am not mistaken, Thomas says that knowledge can be had in two different ways. One way is "knowledge which lies dormant in the mind so long as it is not actually being used" (like Aquinas says in his Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima 412a22) and another way is knowledge which does not lie dormant in the mind, but is actually used. Among the conditionas for mortal sin is knowledge. But in what sense is "knowledge" used here? For example, I generally know that I should not lie and that this is a grave matter as lying is forbidden in the ten commandments. But it might happen sometimes that I lie, maybe out of habit, without actually thinking to my self prior "If I will lie now, I will commit a sin" and I think that certainly, if I would see things this clearly, I would not decide to sin, but as I am not "actually" aware of the sin I sin - even though I would be able to answer the question "Is it a sin" were someone to ask me and had I the opportunity to reflect on the matter. Would you say that in such a scenario, the relevant sense of "knowledge" was fulfilled and that thus the sin was grave and not merely venial? My question is: Is e.g. lying a mortal sin, if knowledge about the sin is had in one way but not the other, if the knowledge in question is merely "knowledge which lies dormant in the mind so long as it is not actually being used"? Thank you!
Mortal or venial sin: Buying cigarettes for teenagers who can't buy it themselves (not really cigarettes, but there isn't an equivalent outside my country, and it's not really dangerous like cigarettes) What's the call? 🤔
Im a leukemia patient in remission & a kidney disease dialysis patient & my question is if my taking of prescribed pain medication a sin & if it is, is it a mortal sin? It definitely gives me a better quality of life but tbh I also could certainly make it through daily life without the pain meds so I definitely don't want to trade my mortal soul just for some comfort during my earthly journey
please, someone pray for me... I remembered today, last year on Good Friday that I ate something in-between my meals when I should have been fasting... at the time I don't know if I had full knowledge and knew if such an act was mortally sinful. I know now that it is. I'm trying to discern if I sinned mortally then, and if now I have to confess this sin.
One correction. You can't have a commitment of love to a sin as any sin is inherently a privation of some total act of love it's a commitment to a distortion and detraction from an expression other than love....hence why it's evil.
Isn't the easy answer more like anything one does or doesn't do willfully and wantonly to do harm to another or oneself is a mortal sin, versus bumping into someone because you weren't looking where you were going. Also, I think the greatest mortal sin most of us do is fail to forgive those who sin against us. I know sometimes it is tremendously difficult, but Jesus did say whatever we fail to forgive others will be held against us.
Can i still be forgiven after watching P*.. without Confession?,I asked this question because I just had a confession but, I did it again, therefore I was embarrassed to go to confession again
Don’t fear going to confession, it is a gift that you can be forgiven even if it is scary sometimes. Many priests also say that they can’t remember anything in confessions, so don’t let fear of a priests judgement hold you back. Good luck.
@@user-xl9hg3ke5o a priest I heard once said, even if you fall a thousand times in a day, ask for mercy from God. It is the turning away from God's forgiveness that is more deadly than the porn watching. I used to be addicted to porn and one of the most deadly effects of it is how it turns me away from God in shame. Always confess, always ask for forgiveness.
You have to know it’s robbery has three parts. You know it’s wrong. You have the intention to commit the robbery. You then commit it-that’s mortal sin. If you pull back at the last second NO mortal sin has been committed. But we ALL commit venial sin ALL the time because of our fallen nature! God bless. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!! Ps please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. Then The Papacy can NOT be destroyed. Then Don’t call protestant’s Christian. (St Pius IX said protestant’s are NOT Christian).
"If you see your brother or sister committing what is not a mortal sin, you will ask, and God will give life to such a one-to those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin that is mortal; I do not say that you should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not mortal." (1 John 5: 16-17) We can always pray for those who struggle with sins but clearly desire to change that, those who want to live free from the sins. But John says we cannot pray for those who are in mortal sins, referring to people who don't believe they've committed sins which they've done, those who justify the sins they've done as alright and hence refuse forgiveness; we cannot pray for them as for those who grieve over their sins and want to grow in holiness, because they don't want to change in the first place. We need to pray for their conversion and also act so that they realize their grievous state.
I find it hard to accept a thought, which is basically a simulation of action, could be a mortal sin. Unless that thought is a decision made to commit a mortal sin. So even having sexual fantasies is just simulation and not realisation, so how come one could loose heaven because of thoughts only?
@@bethanyann1060 a look is a deed, person that asked question for this video talked only about thoughts. Even if you look at someone in your imagination it is still a thought only. So to generalise question - can one mortally sin by thoughts only (excluding when a thought is a decision to make a deed that is a mortal sin)?
@@skavihekkora5039 Yes, we can mortally sin in thought, word, or deed. Again, Jesus himself said so, Matthew 5:27-28. Jesus also criticized the hypocrites of His day and called them “white-washed tombs” because they cleaned their actions up but did not clean what was inside their hearts.
@@bethanyann1060 that's not precise nor convincing argumentation I'm afraid. Still he condemned them for deeds that came outside because the hyppocrisy was recognizable in their deeda.
Sin is sin is sin. From where did a grade system come from? Doesn't mention it in the Bible. In order to be forgiven, believe that Jesus paid the price for our sins by dying on the cross. His success is shown by His resurrection three days later, the reason we celebrate Easter. Believe on Him and repent on your sins and He will forgive. In your life, it will take time for righteousness to work through, it seems things get worse before they get better, don't despair!
I struggle with missing Holy Days being a mortal sin. Depending on your location on the planet you could be committing a sin and not somewhere else. I was baptized Roman Catholic but go to the Eastern Rite Maronite Mass and have for a couple of years now. I've missed Roman Rite Holy Days. And what If I'm in Europe and they have a Holy Day that is not one in my home town parish? I go to most Holy Days but is it a mortal sin if I don't if it's not a sin at all in another country? I don't think sin works that way.
Well, it's about what rite you are in, not about the location. Are you baptized in the Latin church? If yes, then you are obliged to go to them. If you are baptized in one of the eastern rites, then the Latin holy days are not obligatory. If you are not able to go, then that reduces culpability. This is why intermingling rites and particular churches is bad in my opinion. If you want to officially become Maronite, then you should petition your bishop to do that.
@@fooberdooge3103 I am in the process of making the changes necessary. Its not quite as easy as you think. I flatly refuse to attend a NO Mass which is what is available to me here. My priest has not told me I'm in mortal sin for not going to Roman Rite Holy Days. I'm not going to the Roman Rite Sunday Obligations either. And there are Roman Rite Masse Holy Days that are different by location on the planet. Are you obligated to attend Europe's if you are in the USA? Who decides if that's a sin or not?
@@weallhaveanopinion I know it's a lengthy process, but it's good that you're at least in the process. This priest is a Roman Rite priest? If that's the case, then I think he's right, and you should attend holy days in the Roman Rite, since you're still technically part of that rite. Do Maronite Masses not happen on Sunday? As for holy day differences between Europe and America, it all depends on which bishop's jurisdiction you are under. You should go to your local bishop and ask him.
@@fooberdooge3103 I attend the Maronite Mass on Sundays. I was told I was NOT in mortal sin for not going to a Roman Rite Mass even though I was baptized Roman Rite. They are all under the Pope and Catholic. I wouldn't ask the bishop in our Roman Diocese about anything Catholic. I would refer to the Maronite priest and his opinion. My point is a sin can not be a sin purely based on location and many holy days of obligation are different depending on where you live.
@@fooberdooge3103 a perfect example would be January 6th epiphany. Holy day of obligation in Europe not a holy day of obligation in America. So is it a sin if you didn't go to Mass for epiphany?
Reuters A large majority of priests in the Vatican are gay, although many are not sexually active, a new book claims. A total of about 80 percent of the most revered clerics in the Roman Catholic Church are homosexual despite the church’s opposition to gay rights, according to the extensively researched book by French journalist Frédéric Martel. The gay priests adhere to an unspoken code called “the closet,” where it is understood that, for instance, a cardinal or bishop who denounces homosexuality is more likely to be gay, according to the book “In the Closet of the Vatican.” Another controversial claim in the book is that Colombian Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo defended the church’s positions on homosexuality while hiring male prostitutes, according to The Guardian.
You say that many of these priests repress their desires, which supports the idea that you fight your sin and don’t act on it. Regardless, this defamation of our religious leaders also doesn’t make the church’s claims against homosexuality invalid. Also this video has nothing to do with gay people why are you hating.
I don't recall that sin is divided into different categories. Jesus said all sin is bad. All sin is against God. All sin can be forgiven. His blood covers all sins. There is not one that His blood won't cover. We are to confess to Jesus our sins, all of them. We are to repent of all of them. I do not recall Paul or Peter ever saying you can take the Eucharist if you have sinned this way but not another. The Bible does say if we have sinned against another person, we should go to them and ask for forgiveness.
It's amazing how the church talks about sin yet they are the biggest sinners of all. The priest should keep their hands off the alter boys. The bible talks about killing blood of the lamb vengeance is mine. The bible says war and killing is a great idea. I am a devout Buddhist and which they say nothing about sin.
Dear Catholics the Catholic church is twisting the doctrine of Christ and to their own image there is no greater sin and there is no lesser sin, sin in itself is the same concept of all of it only by faith in Jesus Christ the son of God who came in flesh to Earth will save you from your sins only faith in Jesus Christ ❤️🇺🇲👍
1 John 5:16-17, my friend. "All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not deadly." It says it all. The Bible couldn't be clearer. Some sins are worse than others. Some sins are deadly, others are not. Doesn't make any of them okay, but some sins actually destroy your relationship with Christ (and are thus deadly), others do not as they do not represent a complete rejection of Christ. It's funny you say that the Catholic Church is twisting the doctrine of Christ, us Catholics have been saying the same thing about Protestantism since, well, 1517 A.D.
There's no MORTAL sin and white lie in the Bible. There's no big and small sins. All sins are punishable by God. Sincere repentance will lead us God's forgiveness.
Hi, I just wanted to leave this Bible verse here in case you haven’t thought of it in light of this topic. I was surprised when I read it a while ago, and I hope it helps others: 1 John 5:16-17 It basically explains why there is the distinction between mortal and venial.
What is sin a mortal sin? Well, let's see. Perhaps it's the official number of 6,433 Catholic priests who have sexually molested children. How does the Catholic church even exist in this world? Nobody has done more on this Earth to turn people away from God than the Catholic church. I'm sure that Father Pine is a nice guy. And he probably loves God with all his heart. But seriously? How can he or any other priest talk about this stuff knowing what horrific crimes the Catholic church has perpetrated on the children of the world?
It's hard for scrupulous Catholics who are never sure if they entertained the thought or not (i.e. blasphemous and impure thoughts).
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As someone who at times struggles with scrupulosity, I STRONGLY recommend finding a spiritual director, ask your normal/usual confessor if he’d be willing to be your spiritual director and consult furthermore with him on whether or not your thoughts and situation was truly sinful or just scrupulous.
Trust God's love. He isn't a harsh judge who looks for the smallest flaw to send you to hell. Jesus did not come to this world to condemn it, He came to save it.
God “sends” noone to hell, one must choose to go.
Think about this, Jesus died for you and he’s not waiting for an occasion to condemn you.
As someone who struggles with scrupulosity, this is so helpful, thank you and God bless you!
I have ocd and scruples badly
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Trust God's love. He isn't a harsh judge who looks for the smallest flaw to send you to hell. Jesus did not come to this world to condemn it, He came to save it.
I'm in the struggle with you friend. You are not alone
Thank you Father as a scrupulous person I have suffered with this thinking for a while
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Trust God's love. He isn't a harsh judge who looks for the smallest flaw to send you to hell. Jesus did not come to this world to condemn it, He came to save it.
“Crowd them out”. That approach seems to fit well with the Little Way of St. Therese. Thank-you.
Ive noticed that if we are morally weak in our thoughts we need to mortify our bodies. Love of comfort and/or failure to sacrifice even little comforts makes us weak and easily overcome. Pride makes it hard to accept that we are really like this. Start making sacrifices of personal comfort and see how it overcomes these thoughts. ❤
Leaving the light on is a light thing. This is very true Fr. Pine. Very true indeed.
I don't know where I heard/read this, but it was from a wise priest: MORTAL SIN IS LIKE A RAGING LION.....YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU HAVE ONE FACING YOU.
I also used to suffer from scrupulosity. It was terrible during my teen years. I beat the problem (it was a slow process) by saying to
myself: The hell with it because this concern IS NOT NORMAL. It's wrecking the life God gave me....I'll just go on living like any
regular good person. I WAS THE PROBLEM by making God THE ogre in my life. I brought the problem to the Cross and asked God
to take care of it. My life SLOWLY became fine and normal.
Praise God! 😃😊
So do you not go to confession for things that are grave matters if you conclude they are not mortal?
Thank you for sharing!
Grave matter | Full knowledge | Deliberate consent.
I'm pretty sure I was aware of the three conditions before yet I had been going to weekly confession thinking I was confessing mortal sins because I wasn't considering full knowledge and deliberate consent in my examination. I would just go through the 10 commandments and the seven capital sins in a binary fashion broken or not. I was starting to think it was impossible for anyone to be in a state of grace for more than a few hours/days.
For example, my brain was jumping at 3:00 screaming, he broke the 4th commandment. Of course, for it to be mortal it would require knowledge of the commandment, knowledge at the moment that this is what he's doing, and the willful choice to ignore the mother (so not out of forgetfulness or absent-mindedness).
Thank you, scrupulosity sucks. I'll be making the distinction now.
Scrupulosity sucks indeed. I feel your pain.
Thank you Father. Not getting hung up on whether a sin is mortal or venial is ok if you're about to go to confession. But one shouldn't take communion if one has committed a mortal sin. I go to confession on the first Saturday of each month and go to daily Mass. If I've committed a mortal sin, I can't take communion. That would be a mortal sin in itself!
Not being in a state of grace is risky business. I don't want to compound the issue.
And yet how many of us risk it every Sunday...
We should go to confession immediately after a mortal sin. But this requires knowing that it is one.
Then again going after every little venial sin just to be safe (in case it is mortal) seems a little over the top. Didn't Martin Luther drive his confessor crazy by going to confession many times throughout the day for the smallest of things?
How does one strike a healthy balance without losing our soul?
Knowing if a sin is venial or mortal is critical!
If I recall correctly, I've been taught that obsessive, anxious scrupulosity often comes from a lack of trust in divine grace and mercy, and in a way, this is actually rooted in pride.
@@ipso-kk3ft absolutely! Luther's approach to the sacrament was flawed.
Hello, Frederic. Cultivating your love for Christ and your conscience is essential to distinguish venial and mortal sins. You can do that through prayer, good examples (like saints and good Christians that you know), regular study of the Catholic faith, finding a wise spiritual director... Moral theology distinguishes healthy, scrupulous and lax conscience. If you do not know what these mean, a fast research will quickly enlighten you. Usually, you will know when you have committed a mortal sin, it is quite clear. It has grave matter (the Ten Commandments and the Five Commandments of the Church are a greatest reference; you should also check if there was malice or grave harm caused by the sin), full knowledge and deliberate consent. In a way, there are 6 conditions: matter (grave or not), knowledge (full or not) and consent (deliberate or not). If these conditions are not completely fulfilled, it is not mortal sin. (Let me remind you that acting when you think something is a mortal sin when actually it is not is a mortal sin). People with healthy conscience are not forced to confess a sin they do not know is mortal. Those with scrupulous conscience are not only not force, but discouraged (and sometimes forbidden) to confess them. However, those with lax conscience must confess if they are not sure. I recommend you research more about this matter. Pax et bonum.
@@tvinhighdefinition all good points. I'm right there with you. Erring on the side of caution in the confessional is a good idea. Though I've had priests who try to excuse away what I know to be, clearly and objectively, a mortal sin.
Also, a good examination of conscience is a healthy way to end your day.
Scrupulosity is a problem as well!
Thank you, Father Pine. This video is just what I needed at this point and time of my life. God bless.
Father Pine, I was actually able to understand your discussion today! Your intellect is light years ahead of mine, that is certain!
God Bless You!
When you are scrupulous, telling the difference between Temptation and Sin is very difficult. Particularly with semi deliberate acts.
Sometimes I find myself thinking about weird things but they are not voluntary. When I realized that they are not good I make the sign of the cross. When you are in doubt st Alphonsus says does not count. This is specially when thoughts are obsessive. You have to ignore them.
Maria, it helps to replace the bad thought with a simple prayer asking God, the Blessed Mother, your Guardian Angel or favorite saint to help you...they will
Thank you Fr. Pine this was somewhat helpful for me as a sufferer of scrupulosity. Please pray for me. May GOD continue to bless you and your ministry. ☦️🙏📿
Thank you fr. PINE for walking us through the thought and mind of inattention to something that triggers temptation to enjoyment of sin...and how the same inattention to grace of God can be cultivated that lifts and tucks us back to restoration, healing in His divine life. Thank you matt.
My sins are uncountable. And it is only Christ that could possibly redeem me for them.
And how great is the mercy of our Lord!
@@vrcarlos6955 much greater than we probably deserve. And much greater than anyone could possibly give.
Christ knew that we would fall back into sin after His resurrection. Think of John's gospel when he relates that Christ breathed on them saying: Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive, are forgiven. Whose sins are retained, are retained. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is abundant grace waiting to be poured upon us!
@@bobspinelli2847 Amen
It is always easy to analyze this question with sexual sins, because their content is obvious, as is one’s intention to embrace them or not. Much more difficult are emotions over which a person cannot really exercise conscious will. Anger for example. You can’t will yourself into not being angry about something or at someone. When you become angry what would be a conscious thing you could do to avoid sin?
I struggle with anger, and you have to realize that it is rooted in impatience or pride. You can use your will to stop your anger, and that comes from turning that anger on yourself and pointing out in humility where you went wrong. You have to accuse yourself of the pride that led to anger. Then the scales fall from your eyes and your anger becomes contrition.
@@juice2307 To return to my original point. There is no such thing as a just sexual sin; anger can be just, but just anger can become sinful. How to decide how angry can you get with Francis for bringing pagan idols into St. Peter’s?
@@ransomcoates546 Indignation is not a feeling, it is an attitude. The very moment your temper rises is when you have gone too far.
Ransom, You can talk to God about how you feel and give Him room to speak to you...If you focus on sharing your thoughts and feelings sincerely, God will help you and you will get closer to Him... St Therese of Lisieux wrote a book about herself called "the Story of a Soul" this book is so helpful...She is such a great Saint...this book will show you how to understand what God wants and how much God loves you...I will pray for you that God will bless abundantly you and your loved ones
@@juice2307 Doubtful psychology.
Thank you I have often wondered what a mortal sin is. I have not listened yet - so here we go.
I love the "crowd it out" vs "root it out" approach. I often struggle with scrupulousity and beating myself up over falling short. I get frustrated with being flawed even though that is my nature. That leads to the exhaustion mentioned in the video, but also despair. It leads me to think I'm hopeless and that God could never forgive me for not being able to fix myself. If, however, I grow closer to the Lord, my disordered affections will naturally become weaker. Going to adopt this method going forward. Please pray for me!
Thank you Fr. Pine! I like the “crowd out sin” advice towards the end - I found it and other parts helpful.
Great job Father, I hope lots of people view this video. Very helpful 🙏🙏🙏
I found this very helpful. Thank you, Father Pine.
Further up and further in! Beautiful Father. A truly edifying and exciting book: The Final Battle by C.S.Lewis
Crowd it out, I believe that is an insightful way to look at it, thanks Father Pine!
This was great. Thank you for sharing Fr. Pine.
Thank you Father 😊🙏❤️I needed to hear that today 🙏🙏
Thank you Father.
I needed this. Thank you very much! Glory to Jesus Christ!
I found this useful. Thank you, Father.
Thank you Father
This is SO helpful! Thank you.
Thank you Father Pine
God bless Fr. Pine!
Very insightful with facial humor sorry, some of your explanation made me chuckle, that being said,good advice….Thank you Father Gregory…
Wow, thank you very much for this!
The Lord detests all sin...especially willful disobedience from HIS followers. Repent of your sins as we wait in joyful hope for the return of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Some other suggestions: By and with your faith in Christ, bring Him into your scrupulosity, because He is the Light that enlightens one's mind and dispels confusion, anxiety, and fear. Christ is also the Truth which will set you free. Of course, as with any spiritual exercise, it can take a bit of practice, but just trust in Jesus to help you with this. After all, He is the all-knowing and all-powerful Divine Psychologist.
On a practical note, don't confuse temptations for sins. Temptations can be severely strong and long-lasting, but are not sins. Sins are committed when they are admitted and engaged by the love in one's heart. God may allow temptations so that one grows in dependence upon Him to survive temptations and to grow in virtue. He may also allow temptations to foster and sustain humility and to avoid spiritual pride. When one is intellectually honest about his weakness, he should remain humble.
Know the moral facts. In other words, get a good Examination of Conscience guide. Sins are objectively defined and not imaginary. For example, if you are hiking on a trail and happen to step on two fallen twigs that happen to form a cross, that isn't a sin as some might imagine.
Also, if you have a repeating thought or moral vexation, consider jotting it down. If it re-emerges out of habit, you can continue to dismiss it, since you've already noted it just as if someone kept repeating a message to you that you already know; and you'd rightly tell them that you've already noted it and can ignore repeated requests. By doing this, you can thought control. The more you do this, the stronger you get and can quit answering the unnecessary and irrelevant uninvited thoughts into your heart, but sometimes you must be tough like you really mean it. Evict evil squatters (read: scrupulous thoughts) who are used to free-lodging in your soul and deadbolt the doors of your heart. After all, you're in charge, authorized by God Who empowers you to send bad thoughts back to Hell. By doing this, I left a lot of useless thoughts behind.
You may wish to consider finding a good spiritual director who is honest, kind, knowledgeable with the heart of a teacher who can guide and support you. Ideally it's a priest, but it could be nun or pious confidant.
I hope these may help as we continue to pray for each other.
Father Pine dropping a Narnia reference 😳 Further up and Further in!
The Last Battle, I used to read the whole series of Narnia books, especially in my early 20s
To me if u have a hard time explaining in the confessional a mortal sin and if your heart is in the right direction. Only our lord would know if your trying your best. Their are people who do try so hard and worry after confession if they made a good confession or not.
I think the way we explain this topic as Catholics is entirely unhelpful… every discussion of mortal sin (including this video, to some degree) seems to suggest that it is common for a believer to be frequently falling from grace, and in need of confession. This makes no sense to me. Either we are committed to Christ or we are not. And if we are committed to Christ, then we are taking all our known sins and vices seriously, and trying to root them out. But our sanctification comes slowly at times, and through many hard-fought battles, and at the expense of many losses and failures. To suggest that every lost battle with a sin is a mortal blow to our soul seems highly illogical to me. And the idea that there is some fuzzy, unknown threshold that we may or may not cross also seems contrary to what we know of God. God does not operate in technicalities… I cannot conceive of him barring someone from heaven because their sin was just barely grave enough to be considered mortal - or because they didn’t happen to make it to confession before an untimely death. And what’s worse, it seems completely damaging to suggest that someone wrestling with sinful inclinations and habits must refrain from communion because they stumbled in their efforts. What seems far more important is whether they are wrestling with sin in the first place. There is a huge difference between losing a battle against the enemy and defecting in order to join the enemy. To defect, to side with the enemy, to reject Christ - that is a mortal blow to the soul. I think we need to talk more about the disposition of one’s soul toward Christ and whether there has been a real conversion of heart or not… that seems much more important than trying to scrutinize specific actions using the three conditions. I would love to hear a theologian approach this topic from that angle.
I don’t know if you are right or not but what you say sure makes a lot of sense to me. I only say this because it would be SUPER helpful to hear a theologian speak about this…maybe that would be Fr. Pine even…
Thank you
For me it’s the company I keep. If I surround myself with drunkards or fornicators I lend myself to further thoughts, speech then action.
Hi father. My son told me he is bisexual. It troubles me soo. It’s killing me. Everyone is telling me how old fashion I am. Sick of it. My son and I are very close. He wants me to accept all of him. But I can’t. Besides prayer. Any words to help us
Hi, Michele. I’m not father Pine, but I hope can help. I don’t know how old your son is. If he is still young, pay attention to what he has access to and to his companies. In today’s world, parents have to be very careful, because this pernicious ideology is everywhere. Also, you should give him good examples of Christian life (yourself and saints). Above all, prayer, fasting and almsgiving are your strongest weapons. Be the best Christian you can be, so that he will imitate you. I’m afraid showing the Church’s doctrine won’t help if he has not gone through a profound conversion. Trust Our Lord’s mercy and His Blessed Mother. I will pray for you and for your son, Michele.
@@tvinhighdefinition. Thank you very much for your encouraging reply. My son is 27. I found out a few years ago he has an addiction to pornography He has done counselling for it. Yet still struggles. I imagine this is why these things happen. I feel like I’ve failed him as his mother. My husband and I did our best. Still do. But this issue is soo difficult to discuss w him. He knows how I feel. But I don’t want to shame him. Think he’s coming to accept it. I’ll try fasting. I do pray but not enough. Thanks again for ur suggestions
An important thing: the sin isn't part of him. When you accept all of him, it excludes the sin he commits. I caution you to beware, the ideology which promotes today's sins are very clever and specious. Both pray and educate yourself. Figure out ways to reason past any rebuttal your son has in regards to this particular sin. I will include you in my prayers.
Pray, pray, pray for conversion. God is good.
czcams.com/video/2xQ1p9C1Wmc/video.html I recommend watching this, it's great and teaches us to be a loving father and firm in our faith. And at the end of the video he answers questions like yours. Hope this helps. God bless 🙏
I'd say that typically most young adults, even middle-age adults, will at some point in their lives find themselves tempted by sexual thoughts- best odds there is to picture the person or persons involved in the scenario doing other things that'd be romantic but not at all sexual: a martial arts move that turns the attack into a labor force of your own to resist all the more later on.
He is funny and smart, too!
Really wonderful
Solid video by a solid priest. However, it is definitely oriented towards adults due to the level of intellectual thought and language. It is way over the heads of children, youth, and, even the average in-the-pew Catholic.
I have trouble identifying venial sins. For instance, if I become angry with someone but don’t express it, is that anger sinful? I don’t want to become scrupulous, but I’d like to continue to grow in virtue. Could you give some practical examples of venial sins?
Dear Fr. Pine,
If I am not mistaken, Thomas says that knowledge can be had in two different ways. One way is "knowledge which lies dormant in the mind so long as it is not actually being used" (like Aquinas says in his Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima 412a22) and another way is knowledge which does not lie dormant in the mind, but is actually used.
Among the conditionas for mortal sin is knowledge. But in what sense is "knowledge" used here?
For example, I generally know that I should not lie and that this is a grave matter as lying is forbidden in the ten commandments. But it might happen sometimes that I lie, maybe out of habit, without actually thinking to my self prior "If I will lie now, I will commit a sin" and I think that certainly, if I would see things this clearly, I would not decide to sin, but as I am not "actually" aware of the sin I sin - even though I would be able to answer the question "Is it a sin" were someone to ask me and had I the opportunity to reflect on the matter. Would you say that in such a scenario, the relevant sense of "knowledge" was fulfilled and that thus the sin was grave and not merely venial? My question is: Is e.g. lying a mortal sin, if knowledge about the sin is had in one way but not the other, if the knowledge in question is merely "knowledge which lies dormant in the mind so long as it is not actually being used"?
Thank you!
Great video father, as per usual. Just one thing: where can I get one of those squirrel suits?
Mortal or venial sin: Buying cigarettes for teenagers who can't buy it themselves (not really cigarettes, but there isn't an equivalent outside my country, and it's not really dangerous like cigarettes)
What's the call? 🤔
Definitely flying squirrel suit. Prudent living. God will grow us if we ask. Very dense content.
Im a leukemia patient in remission & a kidney disease dialysis patient & my question is if my taking of prescribed pain medication a sin & if it is, is it a mortal sin? It definitely gives me a better quality of life but tbh I also could certainly make it through daily life without the pain meds so I definitely don't want to trade my mortal soul just for some comfort during my earthly journey
No
I think 7:18 - 7:24 is about what I would be looking for?
please, someone pray for me... I remembered today, last year on Good Friday that I ate something in-between my meals when I should have been fasting... at the time I don't know if I had full knowledge and knew if such an act was mortally sinful. I know now that it is. I'm trying to discern if I sinned mortally then, and if now I have to confess this sin.
Your lost
Basically in short the criminalisation of what are (mostly) thought crimes, which your eternal judge knew you were going to commit anyway.
This is the one video about sin that is funny but doesn't water it down.
One correction. You can't have a commitment of love to a sin as any sin is inherently a privation of some total act of love it's a commitment to a distortion and detraction from an expression other than love....hence why it's evil.
Isn't the easy answer more like anything one does or doesn't do willfully and wantonly to do harm to another or oneself is a mortal sin, versus bumping into someone because you weren't looking where you were going. Also, I think the greatest mortal sin most of us do is fail to forgive those who sin against us. I know sometimes it is tremendously difficult, but Jesus did say whatever we fail to forgive others will be held against us.
As a curious protestant… where does the specific theology of mortal sin come from?
1 John 5: 16-17
Can i still be forgiven after watching P*.. without Confession?,I asked this question because I just had a confession but, I did it again, therefore I was embarrassed to go to confession again
I truly regret watching it again can it be forgiven without confession?
Don’t fear going to confession, it is a gift that you can be forgiven even if it is scary sometimes. Many priests also say that they can’t remember anything in confessions, so don’t let fear of a priests judgement hold you back. Good luck.
@@user-xl9hg3ke5o a priest I heard once said, even if you fall a thousand times in a day, ask for mercy from God. It is the turning away from God's forgiveness that is more deadly than the porn watching. I used to be addicted to porn and one of the most deadly effects of it is how it turns me away from God in shame. Always confess, always ask for forgiveness.
You have to know it’s robbery has three parts. You know it’s wrong. You have the intention to commit the robbery. You then commit it-that’s mortal sin. If you pull back at the last second NO mortal sin has been committed. But we ALL commit venial sin ALL the time because of our fallen nature! God bless. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!! Ps please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. Then The Papacy can NOT be destroyed. Then Don’t call protestant’s Christian. (St Pius IX said protestant’s are NOT Christian).
If you committed a sin unto death you'd already be dead, and wouldn't have been able to ask the question.
"If you see your brother or sister committing what is not a mortal sin, you will ask, and God will give life to such a one-to those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin that is mortal; I do not say that you should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not mortal." (1 John 5: 16-17)
We can always pray for those who struggle with sins but clearly desire to change that, those who want to live free from the sins. But John says we cannot pray for those who are in mortal sins, referring to people who don't believe they've committed sins which they've done, those who justify the sins they've done as alright and hence refuse forgiveness; we cannot pray for them as for those who grieve over their sins and want to grow in holiness, because they don't want to change in the first place. We need to pray for their conversion and also act so that they realize their grievous state.
I find it hard to accept a thought, which is basically a simulation of action, could be a mortal sin. Unless that thought is a decision made to commit a mortal sin. So even having sexual fantasies is just simulation and not realisation, so how come one could loose heaven because of thoughts only?
Jesus said if you look at someone lustfully it makes you an adulterer. Actively entertaining sexual fantasies is an example of that.
@@bethanyann1060 a look is a deed, person that asked question for this video talked only about thoughts. Even if you look at someone in your imagination it is still a thought only. So to generalise question - can one mortally sin by thoughts only (excluding when a thought is a decision to make a deed that is a mortal sin)?
@@skavihekkora5039 Yes, we can mortally sin in thought, word, or deed. Again, Jesus himself said so, Matthew 5:27-28. Jesus also criticized the hypocrites of His day and called them “white-washed tombs” because they cleaned their actions up but did not clean what was inside their hearts.
@@bethanyann1060 that's not precise nor convincing argumentation I'm afraid. Still he condemned them for deeds that came outside because the hyppocrisy was recognizable in their deeda.
@@skavihekkora5039 I gave you Catholic teaching. You are free to disagree.
Sin is sin is sin. From where did a grade system come from? Doesn't mention it in the Bible.
In order to be forgiven, believe that Jesus paid the price for our sins by dying on the cross. His success is shown by His resurrection three days later, the reason we celebrate Easter. Believe on Him and repent on your sins and He will forgive.
In your life, it will take time for righteousness to work through, it seems things get worse before they get better, don't despair!
@@rosieclarkson4064 you should read or reread the epistles of John and James. Also Paul’s letter to the Galatians. All there.
I struggle with missing Holy Days being a mortal sin. Depending on your location on the planet you could be committing a sin and not somewhere else. I was baptized Roman Catholic but go to the Eastern Rite Maronite Mass and have for a couple of years now. I've missed Roman Rite Holy Days. And what If I'm in Europe and they have a Holy Day that is not one in my home town parish? I go to most Holy Days but is it a mortal sin if I don't if it's not a sin at all in another country? I don't think sin works that way.
Well, it's about what rite you are in, not about the location. Are you baptized in the Latin church? If yes, then you are obliged to go to them. If you are baptized in one of the eastern rites, then the Latin holy days are not obligatory. If you are not able to go, then that reduces culpability. This is why intermingling rites and particular churches is bad in my opinion. If you want to officially become Maronite, then you should petition your bishop to do that.
@@fooberdooge3103 I am in the process of making the changes necessary. Its not quite as easy as you think. I flatly refuse to attend a NO Mass which is what is available to me here. My priest has not told me I'm in mortal sin for not going to Roman Rite Holy Days. I'm not going to the Roman Rite Sunday Obligations either. And there are Roman Rite Masse Holy Days that are different by location on the planet. Are you obligated to attend Europe's if you are in the USA? Who decides if that's a sin or not?
@@weallhaveanopinion I know it's a lengthy process, but it's good that you're at least in the process. This priest is a Roman Rite priest? If that's the case, then I think he's right, and you should attend holy days in the Roman Rite, since you're still technically part of that rite. Do Maronite Masses not happen on Sunday? As for holy day differences between Europe and America, it all depends on which bishop's jurisdiction you are under. You should go to your local bishop and ask him.
@@fooberdooge3103 I attend the Maronite Mass on Sundays. I was told I was NOT in mortal sin for not going to a Roman Rite Mass even though I was baptized Roman Rite. They are all under the Pope and Catholic. I wouldn't ask the bishop in our Roman Diocese about anything Catholic. I would refer to the Maronite priest and his opinion. My point is a sin can not be a sin purely based on location and many holy days of obligation are different depending on where you live.
@@fooberdooge3103 a perfect example would be January 6th epiphany. Holy day of obligation in Europe not a holy day of obligation in America. So is it a sin if you didn't go to Mass for epiphany?
What if you know it’s a sin but you don’t know it’s a mortal sin?
The catechism teaches us that you have to know that the sin you are committing is of grave matter.
When it’s a heavy metal band.
Providing scripture would be more helpful than a discussion of the issue. Is what you are saying found anywhere in the Bible?
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thank you father. May I please have your e-mail?
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A large majority of priests in the Vatican are gay, although many are not sexually active, a new book claims.
A total of about 80 percent of the most revered clerics in the Roman Catholic Church are homosexual despite the church’s opposition to gay rights, according to the extensively researched book by French journalist Frédéric Martel.
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You say that many of these priests repress their desires, which supports the idea that you fight your sin and don’t act on it. Regardless, this defamation of our religious leaders also doesn’t make the church’s claims against homosexuality invalid. Also this video has nothing to do with gay people why are you hating.
Sexual thoughts are normal. Not sinful.
I don't recall that sin is divided into different categories. Jesus said all sin is bad. All sin is against God. All sin can be forgiven. His blood covers all sins. There is not one that His blood won't cover. We are to confess to Jesus our sins, all of them. We are to repent of all of them. I do not recall Paul or Peter ever saying you can take the Eucharist if you have sinned this way but not another. The Bible does say if we have sinned against another person, we should go to them and ask for forgiveness.
It's amazing how the church talks about sin yet they are the biggest sinners of all. The priest should keep their hands off the alter boys. The bible talks about killing blood of the lamb vengeance is mine. The bible says war and killing is a great idea. I am a devout Buddhist and which they say nothing about sin.
Dear Catholics the Catholic church is twisting the doctrine of Christ and to their own image there is no greater sin and there is no lesser sin, sin in itself is the same concept of all of it only by faith in Jesus Christ the son of God who came in flesh to Earth will save you from your sins only faith in Jesus Christ ❤️🇺🇲👍
1 John 5:16-17, my friend. "All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not deadly." It says it all. The Bible couldn't be clearer. Some sins are worse than others. Some sins are deadly, others are not. Doesn't make any of them okay, but some sins actually destroy your relationship with Christ (and are thus deadly), others do not as they do not represent a complete rejection of Christ.
It's funny you say that the Catholic Church is twisting the doctrine of Christ, us Catholics have been saying the same thing about Protestantism since, well, 1517 A.D.
…just don’t think girls and women should confess to a priest…for reasons of both the priest and the females of any age..
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There's no MORTAL sin and white lie in the Bible. There's no big and small sins. All sins are punishable by God. Sincere repentance will lead us God's forgiveness.
Hi, I just wanted to leave this Bible verse here in case you haven’t thought of it in light of this topic. I was surprised when I read it a while ago, and I hope it helps others:
1 John 5:16-17
It basically explains why there is the distinction between mortal and venial.
This is why the Eastern Orthodox church doesn't distinguish between mortal and venial sins because all sin is sin and all sin is forgivable.
What is sin a mortal sin? Well, let's see. Perhaps it's the official number of 6,433 Catholic priests who have sexually molested children. How does the Catholic church even exist in this world? Nobody has done more on this Earth to turn people away from God than the Catholic church. I'm sure that Father Pine is a nice guy. And he probably loves God with all his heart. But seriously? How can he or any other priest talk about this stuff knowing what horrific crimes the Catholic church has perpetrated on the children of the world?
so nobody is going to heaven then. maybe 1% if that
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When is a sin a mortal sin very simple, when a thing that calls himself a priest rapes a boy that's definately a mortal sin if such thing exists
Thank you Father.