Help! If any of you read my last question it was about going to confession for the first time in 16 years. But, I am now officially terrified as the following has scared me witless. Idont even think I am worthy of being Catholic - please help!
The following is a partial list of mortal sins:
Missing Mass on a Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation through your own fault .
Permitting your children to miss Mass on a Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation.
Arriving at Mass after the priest finishes the Offertory .
Doing unnecessary manual work on Sunday.
Eating meat on Friday or other days of abstinence.
Violation of the laws of fasting.
Deliberate enjoyment of the sex passion outside of marriage -adultery, fornication, impure looks, touches, thoughts in your mind.
Willful religious ignorance- neglecting to learn the truths of God or neglecting to teach them to your children.
Quitting the Catholic Church or actively participating in the services of a man-made religion.
Superstition
Joining the Masons or the Communists after you knew it was wrong.
Perjury.
Neglecting the bodies or souls of your children.
Hatred.
Drunkenness.
The use of narcotics in a sinful manner.
Theft, fraud, damaging the property of another, not paying your just debts, wasting time, money, or property of your employer, depriving your family of needed money by gambling, drinking, or foolish spending.
Telling serious lies, seriously damaging another's reputation, serious rash judgment, revealing serious secrets.
2006-06-17
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