“Mortal sins are very difficult to commit”

California Catholic Daily ^ | 9/28/16 | admin

[utahagen]

“George Carlin (who went to Catholic school)”

George Carlin also was a comic. When a Catholic priest muses about missing Mass not being a mortal sin, that’ a horse of a different color. God help us.

[miss marmelstein]

I can think of ways to recycle HIS drivel...

[DannyTN]

Southern Baptist perspective here:

I know the OT animal sacrifice system distinguished between intentional sins and unintentional sins (Lev 4), but when Jesus went to the cross, He paid the price for all sin for all time (1 Pet 3:18).

Thus there is only one sin that remains, failure to accept Jesus as Savior (John 3:19). If you fail to accept Jesus, then you are judged for the evil you have done, and you will suffer the second death. But if you accept Jesus, you have from judgement to eternal life. You have been perfected because your sins have been paid for. "Rom 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." "If the Son shall set you free, then you shall be free indeed."

Now if I sin, having accepted Jesus, my salvation is not at stake. "For I know whom I have believed and am confident that He is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day."

But the Lord does chastise those whom he loves (Heb 12:6). Paul asks the question, "Rom 6:1 Should we sin so that grace shall abound? Heaven forbid!" But the amazing truth is that grace would indeed abound. Chastisement would likely abound too! But salvation and eternal life is no longer at stake.

[miss marmelstein]

Great point.

I feel sorry that this guy got nothing out of Confession, the Mass, the Eucharist, the Stations of the Cross - the things that made my childhood so special. He probably grew up in the 70s or 80s.

[babygene]

“Of course, any sin at all, mortal or venial, even the murder of millions of people, can be forgiven.”

I don’t think that’s quite correct. Denouncing thew Holy Spirit, I believe is not. It’s because, I think, because the Holy Spirit is instrumental in the forgiveness thing. I don’t think that even the Pope can give absolution in that case...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

All sins are mortal.

We wound ourselves with every act and drive ourselves further away from God.

Slowly we perish like a plant deprived of the sun.

[CodeToad]

“Only half kidding...”

Well, what you seem to be saying is that the party is in Hell! Whoo-hoo! Headed there anyway!

[forgotten man]

Father Rude graduated from high school in 1950. He was one of my high school teachers.

[ebb tide]

Francis was born in 1936. If he wasn’t held back a couple of grades, he should have graduated high school about 1954.

The Jesuits had become rotten prior to VC II.

[ebb tide]

George Carlin also was a comic.

So is Francis:

[CWW]

He's a Jesuit. Nuff said. 😡 But God calls all of us back like a loving father. We just have to respond and accept his forgiveness😇

[Rashputin]

Carlin knew damn well that was a cheap shot because whether there was a priest holding Mass on the plane or ship crossing the dateline is the first question, and if so, the question was only when would the Mass be.

Carlin was anti-Christ, not just anti-Catholic, something people who like to repeat his slanders of Catholicism choose to ignore.

[Rashputin]

Walgreens here in the US and places all over Europe give those red noses to anyone who donates on Children's Poverty Day, which lasts more than a day by the by. It's showing support for that effort, not playing the clown as it's made out to be.

And yes, people will walk out of a Walgreens wearing one.

[BwanaNdege]

Romans 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 2:1
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

1 John 5:11,12
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

[ealgeone]

Lying, thinking about lying?

Adultery...thinking about adultery?

Covet...thinking about coveting?

Idolatry....practicing idolatry?

Any of these are sins. The first two I dare say the vast majority of people commit sometimes without realizing they have done so.

The catholic commits idolatry with the worship of Mary though the catholic redefines worship and a whole bunch of other terms to deny their actions.

Based on the word, these are sins and all sin leads to death apart from Christ.

Christ forgives all sin. There is no distinction between "venial" and "mortal" sin in Christianity.

[miss marmelstein]

Oh, one of those guys who took the 60s too seriously!

I still remember the middle-aged neighbor who started wearing a headband and indulging in pot with her son’s friends circa 1968.

How pathetic not to get anything out of pre-Vatican 2. Pathetic.

[ebb tide]

Looks to me like they weren’t walking out of a Walgreens, but a church.

[marshmallow]

Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

Matthew 7: 13-14.

[miss marmelstein]

This whole red nose nonsense comes about 30 years too late after London theatricals took it up. It’s based on a bad play about the black death called “Red Nose” that was produced at the RSC. The plot was that clowns brought joy and happiness to the world - a nasty lie as we all know. I saw a preview of it and an actor fell into a pit and got a little mashed and the show stopped for about 20 minutes. I should have made my exit then!

Unbelievably, this stuff showed up at Walgreens and I knew the world had come to an end.

[bethelgrad]

I’m in big trouble then. God help me.