Day 247: The Weight of Sin

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We can consider the variety of sins in light of their gravity or seriousness. In doing so, we see that some sins weaken charity while others destroy it. The first we call venial sins, the second mortal. Our very freedom makes possible this rejection of God. Yet, God’s mercy has no limits. God can and will forgive every sin of which we repent. Fr. Mike invites all listeners to seek this forgiveness and go to Confession. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1854-1864

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to The Catechism in a Year Podcast,
0:09.6	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed down
0:13.9	through the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in a Year is brought to you by ascension.
0:17.7	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity
0:22.3	in God's family as we journey together toward our heavenly home this is day 247,
0:26.8	we're reading paragraphs 1854 to 1864, as always, I'm using the ascension edition of the Catechism,
0:32.4	which includes the foundations of faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of
0:36.1	the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You can also download your own Catechism in a Year reading plan
0:40.4	by visiting ascensionpress.com slash C-I-Y, and lastly, you can click follow or subscribe
0:45.2	on your podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications. I has a question. Did I remember
0:49.1	to say that yesterday? Part of me says, part of me thinks, I forgot to say that yesterday,
0:54.4	but part of me thinks you would never forget to say something like that. Not something as important
0:58.3	as you can click follow or subscribe on your podcast app because today is day 247, we're
1:02.8	reading paragraphs 1854 to 1864. Yesterday, we started talking about sin and it was a long one.
1:07.6	It felt long. I don't know if it felt long for you, but maybe I was making that point over the top
1:12.8	of just, okay, talking about sins. Yesterday talked about the different kinds of sins and mercy
1:18.6	and sin, the definition of sin. Today, we're talking about the gravity of sin. So there are two kinds
1:23.9	of sins of sin. There's mortal sin and there's venial sin. And so we're talking about that today
1:28.1	and what's required for a sin to be mortal, that's what we're diving into. But then we're also
1:33.2	talking about some of the things that can mitigate our responsibility or mitigate our culpability
1:38.4	when it comes to sin. So remember, there's venial sin, sin that wounds, and there's mortal sin,
1:43.7	sin that kills. That's kind of like the idea behind this whole thing. So mortal in venial sins,
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