[NYer]

Of course, we all know this :-)

[Sacajaweau]

kiss over 10 seconds was a mortal sin....1961....so....you learned to breathe on 10.....

[mlizzy]

Being hearing-impaired is a big detriment to confession, as many churches do not have face-to-face as an option. Also Opus Dei priests, for example, do not allow face-to-face confession anyway. So after I lost too much hearing to be "in the booth" with my Opus Dei confessor, my confessions dropped off. Of course, I could arrange a special time with our priest at the rectory, but since my top two sins are sloth and gluttony, well ...

Fast forward to our current Sunday parish, St. John Cantius, in Chicago, where confession is highly promoted by the Canons Regular (before, during, and after all Sunday masses), I wondered if they were also sensitive to the issue of hearing loss. After my husband talked with the pastor, he said, "Sure, just hail a priest for your wife, and we'll find a spot." Well, the photograph shown is my confessional (sans all those people, of course). So, how do you like that? Hearing loss has its pluses. :):)

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I’ve never heard of a “grave sin”. I have heard of mortal sin and cardinal sin. So, what is cardinal sin? Is every sin a grave, mortal or cardinal sin, or is the lowest level just sin.

Sometimes, I think we are all going to hell, if there be a hell. Staying abreast of every sin in the bible and living in such a way as not to commit them, is impossible.

[dancusa]

Voting for a pro-abortion politician should be a mortal sin.

[narses]

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[WorldviewDad]

Can I ask a question? This topic is one of the things that has confused me about some of the teachings of the Catholic Church. One of the quotes in the article was “sin which destroys charity and sin which does not kill the supernatural life”...how does this fit with Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord...? Or Matthew 5:19-20 “Anyone who breaks one of the LEAST of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Since all sin separates us from God, what is the spiritual benefit of trying to rate them from mild to worst?