Posts tagged sin
Let my children hear music!
Anonymous asked:
Masturbation is still grave matter, and with grave matter such as missing Mass on Sunday, if done with full knowledge and intentionally, is indeed a mortal sin. You do need to go to confession to be absolved of it if you have intentionally (aside from factors such as habit and being addicted to it - which still does not take away your mortal capability for it) committed it. I also disagree with your thinking that mortal sin is rare... (con)
I didn’t get the rest of this, I’m afraid. But I’ll go ahead and respond as best I can.
I don’t really have any expertise on the matter, I have only the Catechism to go off of, which clearly states that there are factors which can lessen the sinfulness of masturbation. I agree that in many circumstances, masturbation does meet the three requirements of mortal sin, which are as follows:
- Mortal sin is a sin of grave matter
- Mortal sin is committed with full knowledge of the sinner
- Mortal sin is committed with deliberate consent of the sinner (http://www.saintaquinas.com/mortal_sin.html)
But, I think that in many instances, masturbation does not meet either the second or the third requirement. The second, because often this matter is not adequately catechised, and our culture tells us quite strongly that there is nothing wrong with it. The result is that otherwise faithful Catholics simply see nothing wrong with it. The third requirement, because even when one realized the sin in it, it has become a difficult habit to break.
I could be quite wrong in my assertion that mortal sin is a rarity. Really, only God knows for sure. But my reasoning was that, as in the case of masturbation, most of us are simply too confused to recognize the gravity of our sins.
Mea Culpa
Hail and thunder knock my heart cold from the sky
Mary seems so far away.
full of deceit and empty of
grace, I go to the place
blessed by those whose lives are pure
art, like a Caravaggio, like a pieta.
Thou liveth
amongst us, we broken
women and men. why hath thou
Blessed us?
is the fruit of our sins so sweet?
of thy desires I know nothing.
womb to tomb we are nothing but cells and dirt!
Jesus.
Holy - words like butterflies from the sky
Mary, I have no other hope. what is the
Mother of our depravity?
God. I cover my face. I try and fail to
pray. I am the damned and
for us damned there is no rest,
sinners until the earth rises in wrath.
now and then I am reminded that
at the hour of judgement,
of our glory, the last enemy destroyed is
death.
11/26/11
Unka Glen's Citadel of Enlightenment: Dear Satan,
Hey guess what I just learned about you? If you can’t pull me out, you’ll push me deeper in. If you can’t keep me from going to church, you’ll keep me in church so much that I don’t have any time to serve other people and share the Gospel with them. If I set out to serve others, you’ll keep me so…
“It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.”
“Nope.”
“Pardon?”
“There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.
“It’s a lot more complicated than that –”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”
“Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes –”
“But they starts with thinking about people as things …”
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (via theroadrisesup)
There are no words for how much I love this book.
(via badwolfcomplex)
Interesting thing for a guy like Pratchett to write. True, though.
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