Please need your help

[spirocatania]

i was awake and thinking yesterday morning wether i should go to mass or not… what annoys me is that during thinking this the thought of F the church happened in thought. This has happened before when i am thinking wether i should go to mass during the week or not i normally ignore it. But yesterday it was as if i thought it thoughtlessly like when somebody says the lords name without thinking.
as it happened i remembered i turned my head to the left know i was going to think it.

I dont know what to do and how to judge this wether it is a mortal sin or no sin at all.

i keep on thinking that because it wasn’t planned and it wasn’t maybe intensionly then it is not a mortal son and i recived holy communion today but going up to recive i was still thinking if i did the right thing.

Guys what do i think of this do i just let go of it and move on know the lord jesus will forgive me if i really did comited a mortal sin.

 

[Lutgardis]

Dear Spiro,

I do not think you committed a mortal sin. You said that your thought came out in the same way one says the Lord’s name “without thinking”. In order for a sin to be mortal, three factors must be simultaneously present: First, the act must be a grave matter. Second, the act must be fully understood to be a grave matter, and in that understanding, going ahead and doing the act with FULL consent of the will. If any of one of these circumstances is not present, according to Church teaching, the sin is not mortal.

What you described sounds more like a impulsive thought (which we all have). If you rejected that thought right away, resisting the impulse of the F-you attitude, then, you did not sin mortally.

Nevertheless, you may want to examine yourself to see if there is anything that is causing you to feel resentment toward the Church. If you find yourself wanting in this area, pray to God to help you to love and forgive those who may have offended you. And the next time you go to Confession, mention this impulse to the priest. He may have some wonderful wisdom to help you with such a struggle.

God bless

 

[svid2]

Not a mortal sin. You seem repentant; the Lord knows this. Say a short prayer asking Him to bless the Church. And go to Mass.

 

[starsmurf]

This isn’t a mortal sin, as other posts have said.

I’m wondering if that ‘thought’ was more of a temptation? Why not discuss it with your priest, if possible?