Growling in Anger

[pianistclare]

Holy cow! Guess I’ll stick to my bun.

I have to layer my hair…see my profile pic.

Sorry Melodeonist,didn’t mean to derail your thread.

 

[BoomBoomMancini]

Melodeonist, really. You need to talk to someone. Talk to your priest about getting a spiritual director. You cannot and should not be going through your life questioning whether every little thing is a sin or not. The fact that you periodically post here asking if things are a sin or not shows that you are not understanding something. I don’t know if it wasn’t covered well enough in your recent RCIA class or what, but you really need to take steps to get this under control.

And, consider a different hairstyle as well. Ask at a barbershop for something less labor intensive. Like a military “high and tight.”

All of this is correct, I think (with the possible exception of the high and tight. You’d be hard pressed to find a more ridiculous hairstyle ) But yeah, Melodeonist, I think you should really talk to someone in person on a regular basis. It’s great that you’re trying to be so conscientious, but you seem to be dealing with some OCD/scrupulosity in discerning sin in your life.

 

[Sky_River]

Is it an imperfection to allow yourself to get overly frustrated with something ultimately rooted in a touch of vanity? Yes, I would think so. Is it SINFUL? I don’t know, probably venially so.

Why do you ask? Are you concerned whether or not this is grave matter?

Are vanity and pride different sins?

 

[pianistclare]

**Catholic Dictionary
**
Term

VANITY

Definition

Or vainglory, an inordinate desire to manifest one’s own excellence. It differs from pride, which is the uncontrolled desire for self-esteem, in that vanity primarily seeks to show others what a person has or has achieved. A vain person looks for praise from others and may go to great lengths to obtain it. More commonly, vanity is associated with an exaggerated importance attached to multiple details, especially external appearances, which in no way contain the value attributed to them. It is ostentation in fashion, wealth, or power regarded as an occasion of empty pride. thus where pride, though sinful, may have some foundation in fact for whatever one prides oneself on being or having done, vanity is the idle effort to obtain recognition or respect for what a person does not have a rightful claim to. Vanity is attributed to shams, which lack substance and are deceitful (like human praise); or to things without solidity and permanence (such as physical beauty); or to means that fail in their purpose (such as vaunting one’s own reputation). It is an inflated pride and, as such, is venially sinful.

 

[goout]

**Be frank **with him,

Being Frank might be sinful, especially if one is Francesca.
We are called to be ourselves and not covet our neighbors lives and wives (or hairdos).
I hope some humor is not out of line here.

 

[pianistclare]

Being Frank might be sinful, especially if one is Francesca.
We are called to be ourselves and not covet our neighbors lives and wives (or hairdos).
I hope some humor is not out of line here.

Very goout!