What is deliberate consent for mortal sin?

[SebMurphy]

Hi
I am very scrupulous and am constantly thinking I have blasphemed the Holy Spirit (physically) even though it’s likely I haven’t. I am always really anxious thinking about it. A priest told me that a mortal sin is committed deliberately to offend God. I have never wanted or intended to blaspheme at all and it’s only when I have bad thoughts and worry about it that I think I have actually said something.
I want to receive Holy Communion tomorrow, but I’m not sure if I can. I don’t even know if I did say anything, is receiving Holy Communion in mortal sin only a mortal sin when you clearly know you are in mortal sin?
And please could you explain in detail about the third condition for mortal sin, about full deliberate consent?

Thanks

 

[Eilish_Maura]

Hi
I am very scrupulous and am constantly thinking I have blasphemed the Holy Spirit (physically) even though it’s likely I haven’t. I am always really anxious thinking about it. A priest told me that a mortal sin is committed deliberately to offend God. I have never wanted or intended to blaspheme at all and it’s only when I have bad thoughts and worry about it that I think I have actually said something.
I want to receive Holy Communion tomorrow, but I’m not sure if I can. I don’t even know if I did say anything, is receiving Holy Communion in mortal sin only a mortal sin when you clearly know you are in mortal sin?
And please could you explain in detail about the third condition for mortal sin, about full deliberate consent?

Thanks

Making an active and deliberate choice that you remember doing.

Have you started to do anything to get some real help?

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Hi
I am very scrupulous and am constantly thinking I have blasphemed the Holy Spirit (physically) even though it’s likely I haven’t. I am always really anxious thinking about it. A priest told me that a mortal sin is committed deliberately to offend God. I have never wanted or intended to blaspheme at all and it’s only when I have bad thoughts and worry about it that I think I have actually said something.
I want to receive Holy Communion tomorrow, but I’m not sure if I can. I don’t even know if I did say anything, is receiving Holy Communion in mortal sin only a mortal sin when you clearly know you are in mortal sin?
And please could you explain in detail about the third condition for mortal sin, about full deliberate consent?

Thanks

See your other post in the other forum.

 

[mommyof4]

Seb, take this advice from someone who has struggled with scrupulosity, too. Find a regular confessor or a spiritual director asap and take these concerns to him. You will only become more confused and exhausted if yor try to sift through the many different answers you will get on the forums. Two resources that have helped me immensly are Scrupulous Anonymous and Fr. Thomas Santa’s book, Understanding Scrupulosity.

Good luck and God Bless! You are in my prayers.

 

[NeedImprovement]

I’m another who’s had a long struggle with that same scrupulosity SebMurphy. Don’t worry too much about blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. I had that part explained to me this way:

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is when Christ offers his Mercy to a soul and the soul conscientiously responds in a manner such as "I don’t want your Mercy…or get away from me God I don’t want aything to do with you! " Just the idea that souls can become that hardened is kind of a sobering thought - don’t you think? I’ve read that this attitude is sometimes described as “defiant irreverence” towards the Divine Majesty.

What makes that sin unpardonable is that if the person is fully aware of what they are saying and really mean it (like deliberate consent), God has to respect their free will.

So they negate the evidence of God’s saving action by placing themselves beyond the reach of forgiveness (so to speak) ; forgiveness is offered but they want nothing to do with it.

Misunderstandings of Jesus’ teaching and misconceptions of his Person due to human error or predjudice will be forgiven. So don’t let this one bother you anymore.

mommyof4 knows what she’s saying, my spiritual director has helped me clear away a lot of obscurity.

God bless all who post here.