Guilty of mortal sin?

[dog_lover90]

Hello,

Is it a mortal sin to be internally, not externally, slightly embarrassed to be heard talking about my Catholic faith and Jesus? This was not prolonged… thoughts of slight embarrassment came to me while discussing these at work today. I only let those thoughts stay for a few seconds, and then I tried to force them away by prayer and not thinking those things. I cannot help the thoughts that come to my head, but I am just not sure if this was mortally sinful. Venial? Should I go to confession for this?

Thank you for your answers.

P.S.
Sometimes I have an extra hard time discerning whether or not something is mortally sinful, because I am scrupulous, so I just think that I feel that something is mortally sinful simply because of my scrupulosity… but what if it really is?

 

[EveningSkye111]

Jesus said that if you are ashamed of Him, He will be ashamed of you.

 

[findingmyself08]

I wouldn’t say it was a mortal sin. And if you are not used to discussing your faith with others (particularly in a workplace), it might make you nervous or embarrassed.

I get like this when I talk about my faith, but it is more because of the fear of saying something that will be misunderstood or I’ll say something wrong. It is not embarrassment over my faith.

 

[Jon_S_1]

Hello,

Is it a mortal sin to be internally, not externally, slightly embarrassed to be heard talking about my Catholic faith and Jesus? This was not prolonged… thoughts of slight embarrassment came to me while discussing these at work today. I only let those thoughts stay for a few seconds, and then I tried to force them away by prayer and not thinking those things. I cannot help the thoughts that come to my head, but I am just not sure if this was mortally sinful. Venial? Should I go to confession for this?

Thank you for your answers.

P.S.
Sometimes I have an extra hard time discerning whether or not something is mortally sinful, because I am scrupulous, so I just think that I feel that something is mortally sinful simply because of my scrupulosity… but what if it really is?

This is called temptation. It is from satan and we all are tempted. It’s not a sin unless you engaged the temptation (ie changed your speaking,sharing or witness out of shame).

Eve was tempted by the look and shape and potential in the fruit. She did not sin until she ate it.

 

[Celtic_Maiden]

Hello,

Is it a mortal sin to be internally, not externally, slightly embarrassed to be heard talking about my Catholic faith and Jesus? This was not prolonged… thoughts of slight embarrassment came to me while discussing these at work today. I only let those thoughts stay for a few seconds, and then I tried to force them away by prayer and not thinking those things. I cannot help the thoughts that come to my head, but I am just not sure if this was mortally sinful. Venial? Should I go to confession for this?

Thank you for your answers.

P.S.
Sometimes I have an extra hard time discerning whether or not something is mortally sinful, because I am scrupulous, so I just think that I feel that something is mortally sinful simply because of my scrupulosity… but what if it really is?

You have great courage, most people don’t like talking about religion, so you have nothing to be ashamed of, the Devil was also at play, do you think he likes you talking about God, most definitely not, as a new Convert you are doing what Pope Francis has requested of us to go and evangelize and that is what you are doing, I wish some cradle Catholics were
as good, there is not need for Confession, please when at Confession next time to get the Priest to explain mortal and venial sins, as it would be a shame to start worrying about scruples at this early stage, you need to understand God is a Loving Father, not the Head Master with a big stick ready to hit one, please tell the priest that you don’t really understand and fear you might suffer from scruples and ask Fr. to explain as God does not want you to fret. God Bless, walk with the Lord.

 

[dog_lover90]

It wasn’t (direct) evangelization… Just talking to a teammate about our shared Catholic faith. Although, I’m almost positive that we were overheard, so I pray that that was able to at least subtly evangelize the hearts of the other teammates. So I suppose maybe it was a type of evangelization.

Thank you all for the help! God bless you and please pray for me and everyone in the world who has scruples.