Another Possible Mortal Thought

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We were going to mass and my mother yelled a ‘Let’s go’ in a not so nice way. Right away I thought ‘you don’t have to be a **** about it’ and right after that, I basically gave myself a mental slap. I spent just about all of mass wondering if i commited a mortal sin. At first i thought it venial becuase it happened so fast and therefore lacked full knowledge and consent, but the more i thought about it, i doubted and by the time it was time to take the eucharist, i was so worried and anxtious i felt nausuos . I took the eucharist and now greatly fear i committed sacralige. The bad thing is, I’d just gone to confession the day before and will likely have to wait weeks before i go again. I feel absolutley awful and fear that if i die I’ll go straight to hell. Can anyone please offer any advice? Is this thought even grave enough to be ‘serious disrespect against parents’? (just for the record, I love my mother and hate swear words, especially since i hear them nonstop at school)
 
I don’t think that would be a Mortal Sin, as, like you say, it happened so fast.
A lot of sins are that way. To sin, you need to consciously know is it wrong, and do it anyway.
It was probably a venial sin, and if you gave yourself a mental slap (which is what I would have done) that was enough penance!

Just my opinion.
I would also like to commend you because of the fact that not many young people today really know God or try to live by His laws…not because they are not Christian, but because when you are so young it is easy to feel immortal, and nothing can ever kill you.

God bless you.
 
I think it most likely was a venial sin, though I’m still wondering as to wether it was grave matter? I really am not sure what ‘serious disrespect’ is. Would it be something like slander or an ’ I hate you’ type of thing?
 
I’m not even sure venial sin happened. You had a fleeting thought. Had you acted on that thought and actually yelled at your mom, then you might have sinned. Otherwise it was just a human thought. Let it pass and move on.

I suppose you could do a random act of kindness for your mom if you’re still feeling bad about it, but I would quit beating yourself up over it. Christ doesn’t want you to do that. The devil might, but Christ probably gave you the grace not to act on your impulsive thought. Think about that. You may have hard evidence of grace in your ability to restrain yourself.
 
I tried to open the link but couldn’t is there another way to access it?
 
Violin;

What I am seeing here is that you were tempted to say something rude to your mother, but you resisted the temptation by giving yourself a “mental slap.”

Good for you!! Not only did you not sin, I think you were very virtuous.

I also think that the Devil hates how virtuous you were, and wants to make you dwell on this incident to the exclusion of doing other virtuous things, too.

Also, notice how he stole the joy of the Eucharist away from you by causing you to dwell on this. 😦

I will pray to the Archangel Michael for you today, to give you strength to continue to resist temptation.
 
:hmmm: still doesn’t work. I saw some other articles that i think would be a great help if i could only open them. I think it’s that pdf thing
 
I don’t know why they’re not opening for you - I’m not much of a help when it comes to technical matters - sorry!
 
StCsDavid said:
I’m not even sure venial sin happened. You had a fleeting thought. Had you acted on that thought and actually yelled at your mom, then you might have sinned. Otherwise it was just a human thought. Let it pass and move on.

I suppose you could do a random act of kindness for your mom if you’re still feeling bad about it, but I would quit beating yourself up over it. Christ doesn’t want you to do that. The devil might, but Christ probably gave you the grace not to act on your impulsive thought. Think about that. You may have hard evidence of grace in your ability to restrain yourself.
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It is wonderful people like you that warm my heart on this forum. What a kind and thoughtful answer to a troubled heart.:blessyou:
 
I have now decided that I am scrupulous.

That article did loads of good for me; many thanks for linking thereto!
 
Servus_Pio_XII said:
I have now decided that I am scrupulous.

That article did loads of good for me; many thanks for linking thereto!
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Strive to have a “well formed conscience,” and not a scrupulous one. You don’t want THAT, believe me. Those of us who suffer from this find religion and spirituality more frightening than comforting.

I think that the scrupulous anonymous newsletters are one of the best kept secrets of the church - they have tons of information, and give very good advice for all people - not just the scrupulous. I think they are a good resourse for anyone who is striving to form their conscience - not just the scrupulous person.
 
Indeed I do strive to that, but it is not one of those strivings which is particularly easy for me.

Does one of the letters deal with moving towards normalcy in conscience?
 
The reason I decided that I was scrupulous was the fact that I could very well have been asking many of the questions in the newsletters. Additionally, in those instances wherein scrupulosity was defined, I could tick off on a list each for myself.
 
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