Help with confusion about sin

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I’m having trouble discerning if my sin when waking up this morning was mortal or venial. I can’t remember if I was dreaming or not! I think my eyes were slightly open, which confuses me wether I was awake, but then I remember there being some sort of 1950’s commentator, so then I think it was a dream. The rest I’m finding harder and harder to remember with each minute. What do I do? I have to alter serve tonight! I don’t want yet another mortal sin on my soul!

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Baltimore Catechism No. 3

Q. 1315. {382} What is the ninth Commandment?
A. The ninth Commandment is: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.
Q. 1316. {383} What are we commanded by the ninth Commandment?
A. We are commanded by the ninth Commandment to keep ourselves pure in thought and desire.
Q. 1317. {384} What is forbidden by the ninth Commandment?
A. The ninth Commandment forbids unchaste thoughts, desires of another’s wife or husband, and all other unlawful impure thoughts and desires.
Q. 1318. {385} Are impure thoughts and desires always sins?
A. Impure thoughts and desires are always sins, unless they displease us and we try to banish them.
 
PiousTemplar said:
Hello.

I’m having trouble discerning if my sin when waking up this morning was mortal or venial. I can’t remember if I was dreaming or not! I think my eyes were slightly open, which confuses me wether I was awake, but then I remember there being some sort of 1950’s commentator, so then I think it was a dream. The rest I’m finding harder and harder to remember with each minute. What do I do? I have to alter serve tonight! I don’t want yet another mortal sin on my soul!

Thankyou

PiousTemplar
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tell me what you did?all you said was that you woke up.
 
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bump - I want to know if I can serve tonight
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First, I don’t think being sinless is a condition for being an altar server. If you do have a moral sin on your soul then you can’t receive the Eucharist, but you can still serve. Can someone point me to a Church document that says otherwise?

Second, since you were in a dazed, semi-conscious state then you could not have met the condition of being a completely free and willing participant. Hence, you did not meet the criteria for mortal sin.
 
Would it be possible to go to confession before you serve? I’d say just go especially if this bothers you…
 
The degree of will that one has in semi-conscious state varies with the person. Who can know the amount of will other than the person.
 
Just go to confession. It will give a relief to your burden instantly, whether it be mortal or venial 😛 And after that, make a resolution never to do it again.
 
Since its today and not yesterday it won;t help you with whether you can serve or not but since were discussing impure thoughts I give u my opinion.One can’t really help what he dreams of course if he watches porn.all the time it probably does effect what he dreams about.However many of us have viewed immoral literature in the past and we still have bad dreams which we wish would go away.Don’t worry about dreams popping up which you wish you didn’t have.Try not to give into those thoughts once you aware what you are doing.it can be very difficult sometimes.Very.Don’t give up relying on God’s help.I can’t say for sure how much one is responsible.Even if he gives in and is awake.Tell your priest the story if you haven’t already.Explain the difficulty.I went through this for a long time.i very seldom ever have bad dreams anymore.But I can never be sure when one will pop up.
 
I would but - I’m so scared of confession. I think the priest will never think of me the same after I go in there. I wish I had the strength to go to confession often to my parish priest, but for now I will just aim for a screened confession.
 
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