Gluttony sins

[SHoJjhmou]

Gluttony can also be grave matter depending on if it would impair yourself to do your necessary obligations…such as if you get drunk and you’re supposed to be taking care of your children…

But again, do NOT become scrupulous over gluttony. I believe that scrupulosity is one of the devil’s main forms of ammunition…which God will help us to face, if we open up to Him.

 

[Bookcat]

Gluttony can also be grave matter depending on if it would impair yourself to do your necessary obligations…such as if you get drunk and you’re supposed to be taking care of your children…
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Getting drunk of course (where one looses ones reason or heads into other grave sins) is yes already grave.

But yes if one is say - not that drunk - but yes seriously neglects ones children that would seem to me to be grave…

 

[Kathrin]

the mentioned example above would, in my opinion, be “gray,” but I personally believe that it would onlly be mortal depending on the amount of hunger the person has; if he is a little hungry, versus starving, etc.

I meant like a poor person, who has no money for food.
And somebody else ha sbought himself an extra size pizza that is too much for him but eats it alone anyway because he doesn’t want to share.
I don’t want to judge mortal venial here but I would say that would definitely be sinful.

 

[ProVobis]

I would say that if one’s physician has asked or told him to lose weight, he may need to rethink even eating in moderation.

 

[ProVobis]

There are five ways we can succumb to and commit the sin of gluttony.

• Time: Eating at the wrong times without good reason such as medical need. Snatching pieces of food during preparation instead of waiting to sit down for the meal, getting up in the middle of the night to eat, etc.
• **Quality: **Demanding the finest cuts of meat, highest quality produce, etc. Not being satisfied with lower quality foods. This is the person who refuses to eat a banana because it has a brown spot.
• Stimulants: Requiring spices and rich sauces to satisfy the palate. Not being satisfied with simply prepared foods. This doesn’t mean that you can’t go out for a gourmet meal on occasion but that you should be satisfied with plain oatmeal for example, and receive simple food with gratitude.
• Quantity:: Eating more than required for good health.
• Eagerness: Too anxious to eat, not patiently waiting to eat, eating too fast.

Any of these can be moral if we know it is wrong and have the ability to control ourselves but do it anyway. For most these are not extremely grave matters but done habitually, they lead us away from the virtues of patience, temperance and humility.

-Tim-

Non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo (I do not live to eat, but eat to live)

• Quintilianus