Was this lie a mortal sin?

[JoeMam]

To whom it may concern,

I am a brand new Catholic with a very scrupulous conscience. I am having an issue over whether a particular lie I told today was mortal sin or venial sin.

I was having a conversation with a man who asked me if I had seen a certain movie, and embarrassed to admit it, I said no. I quickly corrected myself and said I was dared by my then girlfriend to watch it, (which it was not so much a dare as it was her whining and crying until I watched it with her). I then told him I could not watch it all, which was true, because I did turn my head at some scenes.

Now, is this something worthy of confession before I take communion today? Or is this something really silly, and a waste of time?

Yours truly,

Matt

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi Matt,

Whether or not you saw the movie does not sound like what the Church calls grave or serious matter. So it could not be a mortal sin. Mortal sins require that the matter be serious or grave.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.