Was this mortal sin?

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Hello all.

I’m wondering whether this is a mortal sin. Well, this afternoon I took a bath. Yes, I had lustful thoughts here and there, but my main focus was to well, get clean. (Sorry if this barely makes any sense)

But I think now when I look back, I feel my other focus was a lustful one. (Not masturbation or anything, I just don’t know)

When I was finished, I went to bed and fell asleep for a few hours. Now I have this great great stomach churning guilt that I get when I normally commit a mortal sin.

This makes me question wether I’m just being scrupulous every time I take a bath, or that I really have commited a Mortal sin. What should I do?

Sorry if this barely makes any sense, I tried explaining as best I can on the internet

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Stomach churning is more an indication of tension than anything else, and the fact that you had that symptom may be indication that you do worry a great deal, rather than that you sinned.
It doesn’t sound like you committed a serious sin, if any sin at all, but if you find a bath unsettling, would you perhaps be better to have a shower!
 
No. It was not a mortal sin.

For any thought, word or action to be a mortal sin, three conditions MUST be met.
  1. It must be a serious sin.
  2. You must know it is a serious sin.
  3. You must do it deliberately.
In this case, NONE of the three issues were met.

Keep in mind that if even ONE of the issues were not applicable, then it is not a mortal sin.

So, in this case, it was not even a venial sin. It was a “nothing”.

Suggest you do a search here on CAF, using the excellent search button / function, for the word " scrupulosity ".

A LOT of people who have posted here are afflicted with it.

And fortunately a lot has been written about it.

Scrupulous Anonymous is one excellent source.

Check it out.
 
What was it then? Have you ever felt this way when someone died, or, when someone close to you is hurt. Even if you didn’t hear of the incident until later. Pray when this feeling happens. Be careful to not think that God has abandoned you! And, don’t sin.
 
Well, I have to say

I took the Bath to be clean, but also because it would of ‘felt good’ if you know what I mean. I could of taken a shower, but I didn’t because of the second reason.

I look back knowing that It was under my permission that I had this bath, and it could of been avoided.

I know I sinned, I’m just worrying I commited a mortal one.
 
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