Sarcasm to parents?

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Would a sarcastic “thank you,” (not yelled, just stated) be considered dishonoring your parents? It was sort of a slip, I think. Obviously, I wouldn’t want to outright disrespect them. Venial I’m guessing?🤷
 
Don’t sweat it. Apologize to them and move on. What a great kid you are to even think twice about it!! I have to take the x-box away from mine to get them to see they did anything wrong!!
 
That’s part of the problem, now that I’m scrupulous I think twice about everything!
 
OK then, I’m a mom… NO BIG DEAL! Apologize and move on. 🙂
It wasn’t intentional or premeditated.

As for scrupulosity, it is a form of OCD. Put a thread out on that topic and you will get loads of advice from others on CAF who have it.

If you are located in the US… Happy Thanksgiving!
 
I should also add that I just apologized, and she didn’t even remember at first.😊
 
Hey, real time!! 😃

See? moms forget easily. now enjoy the feast tomorrow!
 
I’m a mother. Thanks for giving me a good chuckle!
By the way, forgiving one’s kids is a passion, not an option!
 
Catholic555 said:
Would a sarcastic “thank you,” (not yelled, just stated) be considered dishonoring your parents? It was sort of a slip, I think. Obviously, I wouldn’t want to outright disrespect them. Venial I’m guessing?🤷
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Look, you really need to get squared away on what the definition of mortal sin is so that you can see for yourself whether you’ve committed it or not, most of the time. People on CAF often commit venial sins and think they’re mortal. It’s not that easy to commit a mortal sin, unless you’re either addicted to it or habitually involved in it. Those two circumstances can lead a person to commit mortal sin easily or often, but because each mortal sin is a premeditated act (never anything spur of the moment like your “thank-you”) that is a grave violation of God’s moral law (which your sin also is not), an act that is not an accident but is done on purpose and is a very serious one, most of the time our sins are not mortal. Almost all the time. It’s actually hard to commit a mortal sin if you’re trying to live a good Catholic life.

Here’s the definition of mortal sin from the Catechism. This should clear your mind that most of your future offenses are going to all be venial. Your sin has to meet all these conditions to be mortal. The vast majority of sins meet none of these.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church:
1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: "Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent."131

1858 Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man: "Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and your mother."132 The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft. One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger.

1859 Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It presupposes knowledge of the sinful character of the act, of its opposition to God’s law. It also implies a consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice. Feigned ignorance and hardness of heart133 do not diminish, but rather increase, the voluntary character of a sin.

1860 Unintentional ignorance can diminish or even remove the imputability of a grave offense. But no one is deemed to be ignorant of the principles of the moral law, which are written in the conscience of every man. The promptings of feelings and passions can also diminish the voluntary and free character of the offense, as can external pressures or pathological disorders. Sin committed through malice, by deliberate choice of evil, is the gravest.

1861 Mortal sin is a radical possibility of human freedom, as is love itself. It results in the loss of charity and the privation of sanctifying grace, that is, of the state of grace. If it is not redeemed by repentance and God’s forgiveness, it causes exclusion from Christ’s kingdom and the eternal death of hell, for our freedom has the power to make choices for ever, with no turning back. However, although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the justice and mercy of God.
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