How can one know for sure if one has committed mortal sin or not?

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I have to get some answers to this.

So just as the title says, how can I be completely sure? For example, I am almost never entirely sure if I have had full will and/or full conscent. What if you have just a trace of will or conscent?

I am thinking of when a man looks at a lightly dressed woman and feels desire. Does that mean he can willfully look at her but without conscent? Or full concent but without will? To me it sounds a bit like a paradox.

Also, what if you think about if you have committed a mortal sin or not, and you decide that it was just venial, but you are wrong? What if it is indeed a mortal sin? Are you doomed without knowing it?

Thank you for your answers!
 
Dear one,
These are matters that you really need to discuss with your confessor.

The only two pieces of advice I can give you is…
  1. Do not be afraid to confess a probable sin that you are worried about whether that sin turns out to be mortal or venial.
  2. Focus on God’s Love and His mercy instead of on sin.
    Do not build your spiritual life focused on trying to keep the commandments but rather focus on Living the great commandments of Love -
    Mt 22:36-40 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And He said to him, " You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 "This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 "The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
John 13:34-35 “34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Love drives out fear.
Love shows us what is true
Love relieves our worry about mortal sin because we see ALL sin as abhorrent and naturally avoid it, not from fear of punishment, but from Love for Our Father in Heaven.

Peace
James
 
ZoonCorp said:
I have to get some answers to this.

So just as the title says, how can I be completely sure? For example, I am almost never entirely sure if I have had full will and/or full conscent.
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One makes a judgment.

Your confessor can also assist you in giving you advice suited to your personal temptations or sins.
 
ZoonCorp said:
Also, what if you think about if you have committed a mortal sin or not, and you decide that it was just venial, but you are wrong? What if it is indeed a mortal sin? Are you doomed without knowing it?

Thank you for your answers!
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When for example one goes to confession --and honestly judges that Y was not a mortal sin and thus not needful of confession and you did not pick Y to confess as a venial sin either for you had other ones you wished to confess. But one was contrite etc for all ones mortal sins (and venial sins --one needs at least one if one does not (thankfully) have mortal that one is conscious of) and were intending to confess any mortal sins one had committed. Y would be indirectly absolved with the rest. If one later realizes – hey that was a mortal sin --then one would need to mention it in the next confession.
 
Why be in doubt. There is no penalty for confessing a non-mortal sin; so just confess it.
 
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