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Jon12
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I am new to the Catholic Church so the idea of making restitution for past sins is new to me also. I understand the reasoning behind making restitution. If I have stolen $100 and I am truly sorry for it, then I should return the $100. One thing I did shortly before converting was make a list of many of the sins I had committed in the past which I believed I needed to make restitution for. Unfortunately, there is not always a straightforward way to do this.
For example, when I was a teenager/ young adult I used to often illegally stream movies and TV shows. It’s hard to say exactly how many hours of content I streamed, but it was a lot. Hundreds of hours at least. Now I’m trying to think of a good way to make restitution for this, but I’m not sure what the best way to do this is. I think it is important to give back to the person I have stolen from, which in this case would be the various companies (like Amazon, YouTube, Google, RedBox etc.), which allow you to rent movies. That being said, I don’t even know if some of these companies had movie rentals at the time I was doing this, so I’m not really sure how I would approach making restitution for this. I could try and think of all of the movies I had ever illegally watched and then try to purchase the movie, but it has been years ago and I can only remember a handful. Please let me know if you have any ideas as this has been weighing heavily on my conscience lately. Thanks.
For example, when I was a teenager/ young adult I used to often illegally stream movies and TV shows. It’s hard to say exactly how many hours of content I streamed, but it was a lot. Hundreds of hours at least. Now I’m trying to think of a good way to make restitution for this, but I’m not sure what the best way to do this is. I think it is important to give back to the person I have stolen from, which in this case would be the various companies (like Amazon, YouTube, Google, RedBox etc.), which allow you to rent movies. That being said, I don’t even know if some of these companies had movie rentals at the time I was doing this, so I’m not really sure how I would approach making restitution for this. I could try and think of all of the movies I had ever illegally watched and then try to purchase the movie, but it has been years ago and I can only remember a handful. Please let me know if you have any ideas as this has been weighing heavily on my conscience lately. Thanks.