"No sin in the world grips the soul as the accursed sodomy; this sin has always been detested by all those who live according to God...
"Deviant passion is close to madness; this vice disturbs the intellect, destroys elevation and generosity of soul, brings the mind down from great thoughts to the lowliest, makes the person slothful, irascible, obstinate and obdurate, servile and soft and incapable of anything; furthermore, agitated by an insatiable craving for pleasure, the person follows not reason but frenzy...
"They become blind and, when their thoughts should soar to high and great things, they are broken down and reduced to vile and useless and putrid things, which could never make them happy....
"Just as people participate in the glory of God in different degrees, so also in hell some suffer more than others. He who lived with this vice of sodomy suffers more than another, for this is the greatest sin."
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That was a good post, Mrs. Don-o, thank you for sharing it.
We are all sinners. And it has been my personal experience that one sin often makes it far easier to succumb to another sin, in a vicious cycle that consumes the spirituality.
Your post with St. Bernadine’s thoughts on this is something I will copy and keep.
Thank you, Mrs. Don-o, for your posting. I was appalled at the lack of discernment in the replies (vile, uncaring, and lacking in understanding of a lost soul) and was given a lift in Spirit with what you posted. What so many, many Freepers do not realize is how so many little things done in our (yes, our!) own everyday lives can drag someone down instead of lifting them up. Again, thank you.