tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post3784187154062930053..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: Don't Get Cocky, KidFr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-23962153928882525722016-06-03T09:38:40.113-04:002016-06-03T09:38:40.113-04:00Good point, MrsM. Yes, it is a fine balance betwee...Good point, MrsM. Yes, it is a fine balance between not being presumptuous and being scrupulous. I think if a person is prone to scrupulosity, then they should err on the side of receiving in a spirit of simplicity and trust. A person who errs on the side of laxity probably needs to be at least thinking about it a bit more, and not just assume they should always receive. It's always a matter of 'agere contra' - to act against what one's worse tendencies might be.Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-40168281609586341742016-06-02T22:02:02.851-04:002016-06-02T22:02:02.851-04:00C.C.C. 1857 For a sin to be mortal, three condi...C.C.C. 1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: “Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent.”<br /> I have learned this statement...."grave matter which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent"..that it seems is what separates the chaff from the grain. (grave from venial). That choice: we know God and then turn away from him..... In this frame even venial sins can then be grave ones.<br /> It is difficult, a small path, for sure...even more so when you mistake shame for guilt.<br /><br />Bless you!<br /> Catherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-91777514314984750752016-06-02T18:14:55.583-04:002016-06-02T18:14:55.583-04:00As someone who has struggled with being over scrup...As someone who has struggled with being over scrupulous in my protestant past (as a child I feared the rapture while I slept), and really experiencing grace meaningfully in the Catholic Church - knowing if I am really fit to receive Communion is simply too hard a sum for me to figure. I really have to not think about it too carefully. Obviously i check myself for clear mortal sin but venial sins leave me feeling utterly condemned too.<br />So I send up a prayer and go for it, or I'd never receive. The assumption that Christ wants to share this meal with me is the one thing that gets me through.<br />I admire people who have truly developed their conscience and have clear*er vision of their moral lives than I do.MrsMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270623508382112908noreply@blogger.com