Mortal Sin????

[JRKH]

100% with you.
Many people said: “I wish I was in Jesus time!”.
But, boy, it was hard! Do you realize what is it to say the the son of the Carpenter was the Son of God?
And then hear Him say that He was going to be crucified?
And then, one day, see him multiply the bread and the fishes and feed a multitude of 5000 people and next day hear him say that they should eat His Flesh and drink His Blood which was anathema among Jews and amounted to cannibalism? And the, when everybody left for these words, hear the Lord say: “Do you want to go too?”.
Poor guys, if that was not enough, the Lord did not help them a little bit. He did not say “stay”, He invited them to leave if they wanted. The response of Peter is amazing. He does not say We want to stay, He says we do not have anywhere else to go. Poor guy, I did not want to be in his shoes. Of course, “anywhere else” for him, it was Somebody like You", which was a profession of faith.
And there it went on. After seeing them in the Tabor in Glory, He descended talking about the cross and Peter was lost again.
He denied 3 times and that was a lesson for the rest of his life.
But he gave his life for Christ, that was all he wanted to do in his weakness.

No easy task to be an apostle.

Well put…People DON’T realize…

Have you seen Fr Barron’s Catholicism series? In at least one of the episodes he speaks about the “domesticated” Jesus and how he (Fr Barron) does not want the domesticated version of Jesus. Jesus was Radical for His times and Jesus is radical today.

Here are a couple of snippets from Fr Barron that focus on this.
youtube.com/watch?v=6aZsH-Ca7WU

youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=4Y4xacvLUXo

After careful self examination, I’m glad I did not live back then and there for I am sure that I would have missed Him.

Of course I’m of Germanic origin so if I DID live back then I’d have never heard of Jesus or Judaism. We were still worshiping trees……http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs7/i/2005/207/a/a/Tree_Hugger_Emoticon_01_by_phantompanther.gif

Peace
James

 

[Pfaffenhoffen]

Well put…People DON’T realize…

Have you seen Fr Barron’s Catholicism series? In at least one of the episodes he speaks about the “domesticated” Jesus and how he (Fr Barron) does not want the domesticated version of Jesus. Jesus was Radical for His times and Jesus is radical today.

Here are a couple of snippets from Fr Barron that focus on this.
youtube.com/watch?v=6aZsH-Ca7WU

youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=4Y4xacvLUXo

After careful self examination, I’m glad I did not live back then and there for I am sure that I would have missed Him.

Of course I’m of Germanic origin so if I DID live back then I’d have never heard of Jesus or Judaism. We were still worshiping trees……http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs7/i/2005/207/a/a/Tree_Hugger_Emoticon_01_by_phantompanther.gif

Peace
James

Thanks for the links.
I love to hear good sermons.
You know, there is this three tiered sentence: “God grant me courage…” and I ask people to tell me which part is most difficult. And people tell that it is to accept things that we cannot change.
For me, it is the same. I cannot accept that I cannot change.
Yesterday I was seeing a program of National Geographic that is about insects. There are 40 thousand species of spiders !!! That is horrible, the spiders eating each other. And on dinner, I asked my wife :“Why did God create a world like this, a world of peace amongst animals ?”. And of course, as a french philosopher told, God is the God of Silence, He did not answer to me.

I just accept. The only metaphor that I see is that Nature is a metaphor of Jesus Christ who died for us and we eat His Body and drink His Blood so that WE live. Like the spiders make to each other.

I would prefer a domesticated Jesus that would do what I wanted.
But…that would not be God…

I am nor German. That is a long story. My sister married a Siemens Enginner and they live in Pfaffenhofen-an-der-Ilm, Bavaria.

 

[underacloud]

I view this like sin, the 3 conditions of mortal sin are there to guide us, not for any other reason, but as you stated their are some cases where culpability and imputability plays a part and the sin is not even venial!

I would argue the point that when we are truly contrite God forgives alone! The humility part is confessing up to it and rejoining our brothers and sisters in Christ Church… thank goodness for it! (confession)

Now if one is scrupulous, suffers from habits, psychological factors than I would advise a spiritual director and ultimately trust that God knows your true intentions.

The conditions are more than a guide. We need to be able to determine whether any of our sins are mortal or venial for two very serious reasons:

1. To determine whether we have an obligation to confess (though regular confession is of course helpful regardless).
2. To determine whether we should abstain from receiving Eucharist until such a confession is made.

So Joe, the habitual self-abuser, needs to be able to discern whether his sins meet these three requirements. The requirements do not merely guide his understanding, but provide a basis for determining his worthiness to receive the most blessed sacrament.

Joe may struggle to discern this, and so needs to discuss with his confessor to understand his own culpability. Joe’s confessor may determine that his cuplability is diminished (via habit, anxiety) and to suggest to Joe that this sin should not prohibit him from receiving Eucharist, although he still should stop doing it. Or Joe’s confessor may advise that he should always confess before receiving. Either way, Joe needs guidance.

So yes, I agree that it may be difficult for an individual to determine whether their sins meet the requirements for mortal sin. Either way, regular confession will help. On a practical level, the question of whether to receive the Eucharist is a difficult one that a person should work through with their confessor.

There is also the problem that one may use a confessors advice as an excuse to continue to commit grave matter without feeling it is grave sin, but we’ll have to leave God to judge that.