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1 | What are Mortal and Venial sinis | Matthew | Emmaus | 87402 | ||
Itiswritten, No offense taken. I had a similar experience to yours, but it was actually in a Catholic Church during a Eucharistic procession at the end of a Mass when a priest was blessing those in the pews he was passing. I felt something like an electrical charge pass into me and experienced an overwhelming sense of God's love and forgiveness. I was reduced to tears, with my nose running and without a kleenex in sight, which was something of an embarrasment for a grown man. For me it also deepened, enriched and transformed my Catholic faith in life changing ways. The priest had no idea what effect that simple blessing had had. A few years later at the reguest of a nun he became involved in a healing ministry and only then became aware of this gift that was already flowing through him in his ministry without him even being aware of it. More years later I met him again and was able to share with him what had happened at that particular Mass. He told me that if the nun had not needed a priest for her ministry team and had not drafted him, he might never have known. God does work in mysterious ways. Emmaus |
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2 | What are Mortal and Venial sinis | Matthew | reilly1041 | 87432 | ||
Yet another opinion by a Catholic on mortal/venial sins. In my opinion, the problem with this classification is that one can conclude that they really aren't that much of a sinner, just some venial sins. Venial sins don't even have to be enumerated in confession, just say a few and then follow up with "for these and other venial sins, I am heartily sorry". (Not that that is Catholic doctrine, but certainly it's Catholic practice, IMO.) In my personal experience, mortal sins weren't a risk (except maybe missing Mass, especially on Holy Days that popped up out of nowhere), so I could conclude I was doing pretty well. What a horribly dangerous thought to entertain!! I know that many family members of mine feel the same way to this day. It is only through reading the Bible and other Christian reading that I came to realize that my sins were real sins that were separating me from God, and I finally became repentent. It is at that point that I was saved. As for scriptural reference, Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, equated lust with adultery (Mt 5:27), thus equating a venial sin with a mortal sin. My study bible (Life Appl Bible, NLT), has the 1st John verse as follows: 1John 5:16 .. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it." With a note that commentators differ widely on what this sin that leads to death is, such as blasphemy against the H. Spirit, partaking in communion in an unworthy manner, people who left Christian fellowship and rejected their salvation, etc. |
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3 | What are Mortal and Venial sinis | Matthew | Emmaus | 87433 | ||
Reilly, "In my personal experience, mortal sins weren't a risk (except maybe missing Mass, especially on Holy Days that popped up out of nowhere), so I could conclude I was doing pretty well. What a horribly dangerous thought to entertain!! I know that many family members of mine feel the same way to this day. It is only through reading the Bible and other Christian reading that I came to realize that my sins were real sins that were separating me from God, and I finally became repentent. It is at that point that I was saved. As for scriptural reference, Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, equated lust with adultery (Mt 5:27), thus equating a venial sin with a mortal sin." You mean all that Catholic guilt I've felt over the years was about no big thing? :-) I always got the impression that one of the reasons many Catholics stopped going to Confession around age 14 was because that was about when they started committing mortal sins, especially sins related to lust and they found them difficult to confess. Most were still going to Mass then because their parents could still make them. Emmaus |
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