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Well, if most of us know when a mortal sin is a mortal sin, you sure wouldn’t know it from the questions being constantly asked on these forums!
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one has to be baptized into the community to receive the Eucharist, one must KNOW what they are receiving, one must go to confession if he or she is in a state of mortal sin, or if having venial sin then he or she must say an act of contrition beforehand, then, and only then may one receive communion. Such is the reverence owed to the Eucharist…not a piece of bread, Christ himself.
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decn2b
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I have never heard of recent convert being taught clear cut mortal sins in RCIA. I have witnessed with my own eyes and ears countless times converts being taught relativism and outcome based moralit consisting of the opposite of clear cut morality. There is a significant amout of really really really bad RCIA classes out there. THere are good ones too…but man some of the garbage I have witnessed is downright saddening.
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Kristopher
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Dear chotock, et. al.:
I was listening to a priest at a chapel say, mortal sin must be confessed to a priest; there is an exception to be used rarely, more unfamiliar to myself than anything else; the reason for confession to a priest: The Act of Contrition is in itself an act and it must consist of a number of different parts–there must be sorrow, or a contrite heart, resolution with God’s grace to sin no more, and to avoid all near occasions of sin, in other words a firm purpose of amendment–there must be a change, and hence when confessing, it is best to state the classification of the sin, and mortal sin may occur not only in deed, but also in thought and in word, and the frequencies of each sin committed.
The reason for the priest, in the case of mortal sin is to have someone ordained, act as a filter that way, it may be determined that these characteristics are met: a contrite heart, a statement of the sins committed, and a firm purpose of amendment.
Communion is there not to simply heal us, but to prevent us from committing mortal sins.
Most sincerely,
Kristopher
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jmcrae
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Part of it is the question of what does “full knowledge” mean.
To listen to some people in the church, it seems as though only the most PhD of PhD theologians would be even remotely capable of commiting a mortal sin (and even then, he might miss a comma, and then it becomes a venial sin because he forgot the comma, therefore he didn’t have “full knowledge,”) because they define “full knowledge” as having to know all the ins and outs of the moral law. And the entire Bible, Catechism, all the encyclicals, the canon law, and all the documents of all the Councils of the Church. Off by heart. Oh, and the St. Joseph edition of the Baltimore Catechism.
Others say, if you felt guilty at the time, even if you didn’t know exactly why, then get to Confession.
Somehow, the concept of “I did this even though I knew at the time that it was wrong” doesn’t seem to enter into it.
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Kristopher
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Dear jmcrae, et. al.:
I Keep It Short and Sweet (KISS)–I KISS: I know The Ten Commandments, and I know the Precepts of the Church–to violate The Ten Commandments is a grave matter though it be not only in deed, but also in thought and in word and therefore, I have much to confess; though, I confess those sins most at the forefront of my attention–there is no real way in my estimation to violate only one of The Ten Commandments, The Decalogue, if I sin against my neighbor, then I sin against God.
It is a mortal sin to miss a holy day of obligation, for instance and therefore, I must confess it.
Somehow I think that there was no real need to clarify this for you, though, it maybe needed to be clarified for others. What did Jesus, should you have lusted after a woman in your heart, or been angry with your brother–it is a grave matter; additionally, the gravity of a matter will increase, when those against whom we acted is considered–a sin against my mother, against my father is much more grave than a sin against a complete stranger, and a sin against my wife, (Should I happen to have one at the time.), is much worse than a sin against the other man’s wife, etc.
Envy is regarded to be the worst of the sins, because it is the root of many sins–hence the existence of Satan, by means of envy, and the demons, by means of envy. When we focus on what we do not possess, but on what others posses–we can feel angry, and steal, and where is God at the moments we want, envy, what others possess? We should be happy for others, with what they possess, for me this can be a difficult task; though, I take comfort that the kindness I give to others will add to the treasures that I am building with God’s grace, in heaven.
Time for me to go, enjoy Thanksgiving!
Most sincerely,
Kristopher
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