Was this a mortal sin, or was it a venial sin?

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It seems as if yours truly has a case of the scruples.

Today when I was with my father, driving, there were people getting the roads rady for a race that was coming through. I just thought to myself “if they don’t let me through I’ll say something to them. THEY BETTER let me THROUGH or else”. It was a split thought.

Was this a sin, and if it was, would it be a mortal sin or a venial sin?
 
What is is a sign of possible scrupulosity. Please talk to your priest, not random anonymous people on the internet.
 
if it is mortal to get angry while driving then I will have to go to confession each and every day 😃
 
I think it’s best to just ask a priest during your Confession 🙂
 
In order for a sin to be an actual mortal sin, the type of sin that deprives one of the state of grace and deserves eternal punishment, three things are needed:
  1. grave matter – the act must be incompatible with the love of God and the love of neighbor as self; it must be an act so thoroughly morally disordered as to deserve the loss of grace and the punishment of Hell (if one does not repent).
The passing thought that you described is not grave matter (according to your description).
  1. full knowledge of the grave immorality of the act.
  2. full deliberation (a full and free choice of the will) – a passing brief thought generally would not have fullness of deliberation.
Saint Thomas Aquinas: “Therefore when the soul is so disordered by sin as to turn away from its last end, viz. God, to Whom it is united by charity, there is mortal sin; but when it is disordered without turning away from God, there is venial sin.”[1]

Pope John Paul II: “And when through sin, the soul commits a disorder that reaches the point of turning away from its ultimate end, God, to which it is bound by charity, then the sin is mortal; on the other hand, whenever the disorder does not reach the point of a turning away from God, the sin is venial. For this reason venial sin does not deprive the sinner of sanctifying grace, friendship with God, charity and therefore eternal happiness, whereas just such a deprivation is precisely the consequence of mortal sin.”[2]

[1] St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I-II, Q. 72, A. 5.

[2] Pope John Paul II, Reconciliation and Penance, n. 17.
 
Compendium issued by Pope Benedict XVI
  1. When does one commit a mortal sin?
1855-1861
1874

One commits a mortal sin when there are simultaneously present: grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent. This sin destroys charity in us, deprives us of sanctifying grace, and, if unrepented, leads us to the eternal death of hell. It can be forgiven in the ordinary way by means of the sacraments of Baptism and of Penance or Reconciliation.
  1. When does one commit a venial sin?
1862-1864
1875

One commits a venial sin, which is essentially different from a mortal sin, when the matter involved is less serious or, even if it is grave, when full knowledge or complete consent are absent. Venial sin does not break the covenant with God but it weakens charity and manifests a disordered affection for created goods. It impedes the progress of a soul in the exercise of the virtues and in the practice of moral good. It merits temporal punishment which purifies.

vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html
 
I have no idea who could think this could be a mortal sin.

Relax… It is probably not a mortal sin just to think that… I mean…if the ‘or else’ was a threat or murder rage…then yes, it could be a mortal sin… But it probably was not… You just was mad and all…which is normal and probably not even a sin…
 
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