St. Marys Bulletin | St. James Bulletin
“VENIAL SINS”
- Failure
to pray regularly
- Failure
to know and study the teachings of the Catholic Church
- Spiritual
laziness
- Not
trusting God will provide
- Failure
to support the mission of the Catholic Church
- Putting
off confession
- Giving
into self-pity and selfishness
- Using
God’s name frivolously
- Cursing
thoughtlessly
- Speaking
badly about Bishops, Priests, and Deacons
- Being
immodest or irreverent in Church
- Coming
to mass late or leaving early habitually
- Fighting
with siblings
- Disrespectful
of those who have rightful authority over us
- Neglecting
our children
- Lack
of gratitude for what God has given us
- Nagging
our spouse or children
- Meddling
in others business
- Breaking
civil laws like speeding
- Pride
- Arrogance
- Vanity
- Being
stubborn or rude
- Being
prejudice against race(s)
- Harboring
a grudge
- Seeking
revenge
- Excessive
use of TV, video games, use of cell phones or computer
- Treating
others unfairly
- Violating
trust or friendships
- Treating
others as things
- Theft
of small items
- Failing
to practice charity towards the poor
- Failing
to pay off debts or credit cards
- Lying,
gossiping, stealing another’s reputation
- Exaggerating
the Truth
- Complaining,
criticizing others, whining
“MORTAL
SINS”
Three conditions necessary for
mortal sin…
1) Serious
Matter 2) Sufficient
Reflection 3) Full consent of the will
- Involvement
in cult practices like masonry, Wicca, wizardry
- Leaving
the Catholic Faith for another religion or practice
- Receiving
Holy Communion in a state of mortal sin without confession
- Receiving
Conformation or marriage in a state of mortal sin
- Firm
hatred of God and his teachings
- Buying
or selling of blessed or consecrated objects
- Using
God’s name as a purposeful curse
- Seriously
wishing death or harm upon another person
- Serious
slander about another person
- Swearing
false oaths
- Perjury
or lying under oath
- Willful
failure to fast and abstain on Ash Wednesday/Good Friday
- Missing
mass intentionally on Sunday or Holy Days
- Willfully
working at a task for more than a few hours on Sunday regularly
- Serious
failure to care for your aging parents
- Wishing
evil or death upon your parents or grandparents
- Failure
to Baptize your children and raise them in the faith
- Murder,
manslaughter, or homicide
- Having
an abortion
- Using
artificial birth control which causes spontaneous abortion
- Endangering
another while driving drunk
- Abusing
and selling illegal drugs
- Having
oneself sterilized
- Adultery
- Fornication
- Self-abuse
- Prostituting
one’s body for money
- In-vitro
fertilization
- Human
Cloning
- Co-habitation
before marriage
- Stealing
a large amount of money
- Buying
or selling stolen goods
- Excessive
gambling
- Bribery
or blackmail
- Tax
evasion
- Detraction
or serious gossip
- Internet
pornography
- Willfully
lusted after another person