Sonntag, 1. Juli 2007
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I just lost a large post on the subject of the sacrament of Reconciliation. I can't believe it! I switched to rich text after I had written the post. I did not copy it first. I am bummed.
Anyway, tomorrow I am teaching my class about the sacrament of Reconciliation, or Penance or Confession. I love teaching about this because it is a subject very close to my heart. I am a veteran sinner. I am constantly asking God to forgive me. I am human. When I am feeling down and troubled and spiritually weak and vulnerable, it is because I have sinned. At those times I find it terribly hard to resist the temptation to letguilt pull me into a downward spiral. I feel unworthy, unlovable and unloved and sometimes respond by acting in the ways that led me to sin in the first place! Some call it a sickness, I call it sin.
But I am blessed to have a remedy in the sacrament of Reconciliation. I go tell my sins to a priest and so also to God. Through the actions of the priest God cleanses my sins from my soul. I feel a huge weight lifted from my shoulders.
The God I believe in, Jesus, is the master forgiver. As he was being nailed to a cross for his perfection in the midst of imperfection, with a crown of thorns pushed into his head, with crowds of sinners mocking him, beating him, whipping him, he asked God his Father to forgive those who were persecuting him. This is a God I am glad to believe in. When I realize that "he died for our sins" means that my sins are in those nails and thorns and whips and pain, I am completely humbled.I don't dare let my guilt lead me further into sin.I rejoice that there is an answer to the pain of existence.
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God forgives your sins. right?What if you know you're sinning as you sin, will he still forgive you?
Good question! The answer is that there is no sin unless you know you are sinning. Sin is always a free choice. Therefore, yes he will forgive you, no matter what it is as long as you understand who is being hurt and are sorry for hurting that person, even if it is yourself. Someone is always hurt by sin. When we hurt someone, we hurt God because we are hurting God's creation. So if you are honest in recognizing the pain cause by sin and are sorry for it, God will forgive you and shower you with love. What could be better?
there is no sin unless you know you are sinningWhat if a niave person stole, smoked, or killed someone, but the way they were brought up they didn't believe any of it was wrong. Is that not sinning because they didn't know any better?
It's hard to imagine anyone being that naive, especially about killing because most people know that they don't want to lose a loved one. They know that death is painful to the loved ones left behind. But if the situation truly was as you described it, then yes there would not be sin because sin is to freely choose to do something that you know is wrong. In your scenario, the person truly does not know that the actions are wrong.In the words of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:"Unintentional ignorance can diminish or even remove the imputability of a grave offense. But no one is deemed to be ignorant of the principles of the moral law, which are written in the conscience of every man. the promptings of feelings and passions can also diminish the voluntary and free character of the offense, as can external pressures or pathological disorders. Sin committed through malice, by deliberate choice of evil, is the gravest."
:) thank you
:) thank you
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