Father Thomas Cusack
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Oct 8, 2017 · All sin is an offense against God and a rejection of his perfect love and justice. Yet, Jesus makes a distinction between two types of sins. We call the most serious and grave sins, mortal sins. Mortal sins destroy the grace of God in the heart of the sinner.
A mortal sin (Latin: peccātum mortāle), in Christian theology, is a gravely sinful act which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before death. It is alternatively called deadly, grave, and serious; the concept of mortal sin is found in both Catholicism and Lutheranism.
Aug 3, 2019 · There are many sins like murder or child-abuse that most Catholics know are mortal sins. But the Popes and saints and Bible and Magisterium are Divine Revelation that make it very clear that most modern Catholics are missing some major mortal sins in their confessions.
Feb 25, 2022 · Mortal sins are described as sins that lead to the death of one’s soul (“Mortal Sins,” About Catholics). This concept can be difficult to understand for those within Catholicism as well as those outside Catholicism.
Oct 10, 2022 · A mortal sin is one that “destroys in us the charity without which eternal beatitude is impossible. Unrepented, it brings eternal death” (CCC 1874). That’s what makes it “mortal,” or deadly: it cuts us off from God forever, unless it is “redeemed by repentance and God’s forgiveness” (CCC 1861).
Mortal sin, in Roman Catholic theology, the most serious of sins, representing a deliberate turning away from God. A mortal sin is defined as a grave action that is committed in full knowledge of its gravity and with the full consent of the sinner’s will.
It offends God, hinders our ability to receive grace, damages our soul, and wounds our ability to live as a Christian. Mortal sin is that minimum line below which we cannot go. Every act of mortal sin effectively refuses God's offer of grace and life — with such an act, we choose death.
