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mdgspencer
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This article speaks of the reality and dimensions of the sin of sloth.
This is at sunday.niedziela.pl/artykul.php?dz=wiara&id_art=00069
This is at sunday.niedziela.pl/artykul.php?dz=wiara&id_art=00069
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grannymh
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I read the interesting article. Somehow, I think there is an additional explanation for sloth, but I can’t find the right words. Could doing something unnecessarily slow be sloth? Maybe as a child, I connected sloth with slow. The two words do begin with the same three letters.
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LittleScoty
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Good article!
Thank you.
Thank you.
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mdgspencer
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a preceding post said: Somehow, I think there is an additional explanation for sloth, but I can’t find the right words. Could doing something unnecessarily slow be sloth? Maybe as a child, I connected sloth with slow.
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I am no expert in moral theology, so I looked up what the standard book, Tanquerey's "The Spiritual Life," says, in case this helps. Tanquerey wrote:
"There are various degrees of sloth. The indolent man takes up his task reluctantly, and indifferently; what he does, he does badly. The sluggard does not absolutely refuse to work, but he delays and postpones indefinitely the accepted task...
The slothful man fails in this twofold obligation imposed by natural and positive law; he sins more or less grieviously according to the gravity of the duties he neglects. When he goes so far as to neglect the religious duties necessary to his salvation or sanctification, there is a grievious fault, and so when he wilfully neglects, in matters of importance, any of his duties of state. As long as this torpor causes him to fail in civil or religious duties of lesser importance, the sin is but venial. However, the downward grade is slippery, and if we do not struggle against sloth it soon becomes more dangerous, more baleful and more reprehensible."
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thistle
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Modern Catholic Dictionary:
SLOTH. Sluggishness of soul or boredom because of the exertion necessary for the performance of a good work. The good work may be a corporal task, such as walking; or a mental exercise, such as writing; or a spiritual duty, such as prayer. Implicit in sloth is the unwillingness to exert oneself in the performance of duty because of the sacrifice and the effort required. As a sin, it is not to be confused with mere sadness over the inconvenience involved in fulfilling one’s obligations, nor with the indeliberate feelings of repugnance when faced with unpleasant work. It becomes sinful when the reluctance is allowed to influence the will and, as a result, what should have been done is either, left undone or performed less well than a person is responsible for doing. Sloth may also mean a repugnance to divine inspirations or the friendship of God due to the self-sacrifice and labor needed to co-operate with actual grace or to remain in the state of grace. This kind of laziness is directly opposed to the love of God and is one of the main reasons why some people, perhaps after years of virtuous living, give up in the pursuit of holiness or even become estranged from God. (Etym. Middle-English slowthe, slow.)
SLOTH. Sluggishness of soul or boredom because of the exertion necessary for the performance of a good work. The good work may be a corporal task, such as walking; or a mental exercise, such as writing; or a spiritual duty, such as prayer. Implicit in sloth is the unwillingness to exert oneself in the performance of duty because of the sacrifice and the effort required. As a sin, it is not to be confused with mere sadness over the inconvenience involved in fulfilling one’s obligations, nor with the indeliberate feelings of repugnance when faced with unpleasant work. It becomes sinful when the reluctance is allowed to influence the will and, as a result, what should have been done is either, left undone or performed less well than a person is responsible for doing. Sloth may also mean a repugnance to divine inspirations or the friendship of God due to the self-sacrifice and labor needed to co-operate with actual grace or to remain in the state of grace. This kind of laziness is directly opposed to the love of God and is one of the main reasons why some people, perhaps after years of virtuous living, give up in the pursuit of holiness or even become estranged from God. (Etym. Middle-English slowthe, slow.)
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Pani_Rose
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This is an excellent article on the Prayer of St. Ephrim, which explains sloth.
sv-luka.org/misionar/lentenpr_n2.htm
sv-luka.org/misionar/lentenpr_n2.htm
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novelista
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Thanks for posting these links. I’ve been struggling a lot with this sin lately. What a serendipitous coincidence. 
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Cvlee7
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Thanks for sharing this article. I will need to look more into this now.
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sepgs2004
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Dear Friend,
Greetings in our Lord Christ.
Here is an online link about sloth in Sinners Guide. Click here
Hope you find it useful. May be you have to spend more time on praying and thinking on what you read so far to reach to the best meaning that your soul looking for.
Greetings in our Lord Christ.
Here is an online link about sloth in Sinners Guide. Click here
Hope you find it useful. May be you have to spend more time on praying and thinking on what you read so far to reach to the best meaning that your soul looking for.
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Pani_Rose
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It was hard to find a video on YouTube where the Prayer of St Ephrim was sung in English. I did find an Orthodox parish with a video of it, which is the same way as Catholics would do it. As often as can be done though, it s done with full prostrations. youtube.com/watch?v=GptIRDQvGFA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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