Another dumb thing

[jesus4ever]

would you think such a thing needs to be confessed.

I took a delivery at work today and the driver gave me 16 instead of 17 boxes and i said there is one missing. Instead of going into his truck and finding it he grabed any box he could, took off the sticker label that was for another store and gave it to me and he said it’s all the same. i accepted it and kept my mouth shout knowing it may have been a different item then the one he should of gave me.

I then told my boss what he did and asked if she can check what was missing. if it was the same size box then i would be cool but if the driver gave me a small box and the other box was a larger then i wouldn’t feel all to good. she said she will but when i asked her again she said that she havn’t done it yet then i see her putting the things from the boxs on the shelving to sell.

So would you think such a thing needs to be confessed.

 

[jpjd]

It was the other guy who was careless. Even thought you accepted the other box, you did bring the problem to your boss’s attention, who didn’t take time to correct the error. You did what you could.

What was your sin? I don’t see one. But if it weighs on your mind, go ahead and confess it.

 

[jesus4ever]

i accepted it and kept my mouth shout knowing it may have been a different item then the one he should of gave me.

i could of said no i want the right one there and then but like always i am always keeping me mouth shut

 

[Christy_Beth]

It is hard to know when to speak up and when to keep quiet. In that light, you didn’t sin. But you might try starting to speak up when you can. Your boss and the driver messed up, not you. But if something like this happens again, try to speak up. Talking with the driver would have been proper, as long as you make clear what your saying.

For myself, I’m now more likely to speak up, but I usually end up coming across as aggressive. Which is the other side of the same coin. It’s kind of hard finding the proper balance in this stuff.

 

[Reuben_J]

As Christian we should be righteous and will not settled for anything less. If you feel that it was not right which it was, you should have voiced it out and asked for a replacement of the same box. When you went along with the action of the driver, not only did you possibly get a wrong box but the other recipient might received one less. And all that was because you did not insist on what was right but perhaps out of not wanting to make any more fuss you accepted what the driver did.

It is call venial sin. Sometimes you do not have to confess it if your conscience is clear. But you must know that many venial sins will make a mortal sin. Normally Christians recognized mortal sins and do not commit them. It is the venial sins that we often try to justify. A path to holiness of life would be to overcome all venial sins and that starts with the ability to recognize them.

Do you realize that many saints who were such holy creatures would say that the closer they tried to get to God the more sins they committed. Why? Because when they became close to God they would be able to see what was incompatible with Him in a clearer way. And these were sins.

God bless you for you had done the right thing - you were aware that you could be possibly wrong and you had told your boss about it. You would not have to do it had you taken the correct action in the first place.

 

[baltobetsy]

But you must know that many venial sins will make a mortal sin.

This is incorrect. Committing many venial sins may deaden the conscience so that it is easier to commit mortal sin, but they do not add up to a mortal sin, no matter how many there are.

Consider the example the good sisters taught us years ago: Picture your soul as a light bulb. Venial sins are like spots on the outside of the bulb. They make it appear dimmer, but they do not put the light out. Mortal sin turns the light off altogether. A million spots on the glass will not turn off the light. That’s a whole different operation. There is no more “life” - electricity - in the bulb. It can only be lit again by a new infusion of electricity, or grace, specifically the grace of the Sacrament of Penance.

Betsy

 

[Reuben_J]

Reuben J:

But you must know that many venial sins will make a mortal sin.

It is considering it can become a sinful habit. Admittedly the sentence was wrongly worded pe se though there are some schools of thought that say that when venial sins are committed frequently they can amount to mortal sin. Sins of deliberation, if you like.

Venial sins in this way are even more dangerous than mortal sin because we can be complacent thinking it is alright - it is not mortal sin anyway. When we confess the same venial sin week after week, something is very wrong in one’s life that need to be corrected.

It is in this context that habitual venial sin can metamorphos into mortal sin.

A dangerous thing that can happen when we knowingly take venial sin lightly.