R
Richie_Poor
Guest
Is it a sin to be angry with someone if that is just a purely internal feeling that I don’t tell anyone about?
- Status
B
Bookcat
Guest
it can be…
J
juno24
Guest
Certainly it can be if you choose to hold onto and nurture that anger. Anger never stays entirely internal. It always makes its way to the surface at some point. Best to deal with the situation that makes you angry and let the anger go.
E
Elvis_Guy
Guest
Amen St. Paul got angry so did Christ but Christ never sinned in or by being angry anger is a " chemical flood in the brain" nasty blend of adrenalin norepinephrine and other neoro hormones however we can calm ourselves the rosary is great! ( I’m I real men pray the Rosary guy !) but then we recall Paul’s words nicely done in the AV hey the Anglicans did to a bible what we did with cathedrals! I’ve got an av with apocrypha ! AV: Let not the sun set on thine anger lest ye give the devil a foothold . (You don’t want the Nabre of that!
po18guy
Well-known member
Anger is a passion that we are given. It is morally neutral. However its is the passion that motivates us to oppose evil. To use it against something that is not evil is a disordered use of anger. Disorder implies some level of sin. From the catechism:
1765 There are many passions. The most fundamental passion is love, aroused by the attraction of the good. Love causes a desire for the absent good and the hope of obtaining it; this movement finds completion in the pleasure and joy of the good possessed. The apprehension of evil causes hatred, aversion, and fear of the impending evil; this movement ends in sadness at some present evil, or in the anger that resists it.
2262 In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord recalls the commandment, “You shall not kill,” and adds to it the proscription of anger, hatred, and vengeance. Going further, Christ asks his disciples to turn the other cheek, to love their enemies. He did not defend himself and told Peter to leave his sword in its sheath.
1765 There are many passions. The most fundamental passion is love, aroused by the attraction of the good. Love causes a desire for the absent good and the hope of obtaining it; this movement finds completion in the pleasure and joy of the good possessed. The apprehension of evil causes hatred, aversion, and fear of the impending evil; this movement ends in sadness at some present evil, or in the anger that resists it.
2262 In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord recalls the commandment, “You shall not kill,” and adds to it the proscription of anger, hatred, and vengeance. Going further, Christ asks his disciples to turn the other cheek, to love their enemies. He did not defend himself and told Peter to leave his sword in its sheath.
G
GratefulFred
Guest
Anger: a feeling of displeasure resulting from injury, mistreatment, opposition, etc., and usually showing itself in a desire to fight back at the supposed cause of this feeling
Anger is a feeling. What matters is how we deal with our feelings. There are sinful ways to respond and there are virtuous ways too.
Someone’s comment or behavior may anger me but I have range of responses. I can ignore it. I can tolerate it. I am sure that many others are doing exactly this when I do something that angers them. I like not being jumped on for every false thing I do or say. So I should allow others that same measure of “live and let live.”
I can combat anger with kindness. Rather than responding in ways that can create an enemy, I can search for and try ways to turn that enemy into a friend.
I can pray for patience. I can pray for those who get under my skin.
I can remember the Wisdom of “praise in public and criticize in private” and seek a private time to discuss the issue with the other that is angering me. I can be careful to not berate but rather try to reach a more agreement mutual understanding.
I can also consider the possiblity that I am being not mistreated but rather simply reaping the reward of my own thoughtless behavior. Perhaps I need to change more than the other one. When I was a kid, I had to learn that the path to dinner went through my bedroom I had to clean, angry or not.
I am sure others can state ways to deal with anger.
Anger is a feeling. What matters is how we deal with our feelings. There are sinful ways to respond and there are virtuous ways too.
Someone’s comment or behavior may anger me but I have range of responses. I can ignore it. I can tolerate it. I am sure that many others are doing exactly this when I do something that angers them. I like not being jumped on for every false thing I do or say. So I should allow others that same measure of “live and let live.”
I can combat anger with kindness. Rather than responding in ways that can create an enemy, I can search for and try ways to turn that enemy into a friend.
I can pray for patience. I can pray for those who get under my skin.
I can remember the Wisdom of “praise in public and criticize in private” and seek a private time to discuss the issue with the other that is angering me. I can be careful to not berate but rather try to reach a more agreement mutual understanding.
I can also consider the possiblity that I am being not mistreated but rather simply reaping the reward of my own thoughtless behavior. Perhaps I need to change more than the other one. When I was a kid, I had to learn that the path to dinner went through my bedroom I had to clean, angry or not.
I am sure others can state ways to deal with anger.
A
ahs
Guest
YES!!
Anger is a signal letting you know that something is not right. You have to decide how to respond to it. Healthy confrontation, avoidance of the person/situation that roused anger (if dealing with it would be fruitless), etc…
- Status