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🗓️ 25 August 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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What if no one ever told you about Jesus?
Your life probably wouldn't have so many rules. You wouldn't be as guilty for any sins you commit (you wouldn't even know they were sins in the first place). You wouldn't need to evangelize.
And you wouldn't know that the God of the universe—your creator—loves you with a burning passion that you can't even imagine.
Today, Fr. Mike makes the case that it is better to know Christ. It is better to live in the truth. And it is better to take on the challenge of Christian discipleship.
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0:00.0 | They actually are in love with you. They are head over heels in love with you |
0:05.7 | But I didn't want to tell you because then you would, I mean, my name's Father Mike Schmitz and this is a century present |
0:12.3 | So, you know, we talk about sin. Here we go again talking about sin. We talk about sin |
0:17.6 | We recognize that there's venial sins mortal sins. There's probably videos about that. I might even have made one |
0:21.7 | I don't want to like harp on the whole notion of sin |
0:24.2 | But it's real. It's a real thing in our lives and yet not all sins are the same |
0:28.3 | We're talking about mortal sin here. There's always three requirements or three elements that are necessary for a sin to be mortal |
0:33.6 | Right, so that that essentially takes us out of takes us out of right relationship with God that that takes us out of grace |
0:39.6 | And the first thing is has to be the sin itself has to be grave matter |
0:43.3 | Secondly, I have to have full knowledge. I have to know what's a sin right after know what's grave a grave sin |
0:47.5 | And thirdly, I have to have full consent meaning after I have to |
0:50.5 | Intentually choose the sin so grave matter. I have full knowledge. I know it's a sin and I freely choose the sin |
0:56.8 | Wait a second. You mean if I don't know if I don't have full knowledge |
0:59.6 | Then I'm not fully culpable, right? Yeah, yeah, I mean still a sin again. Keep that in mind |
1:04.4 | It's still a sin. I just might not be culpable for that because I just didn't know if I if I'm if I'm not |
1:09.2 | Vincibly ignorant like it wasn't my fault |
1:10.8 | I didn't know I and I there's no way I could have known or if for whatever reason I that wasn't my choice |
1:16.1 | Like it was my freedom was taken away from me |
1:17.9 | So I didn't really fully choose that or I didn't freely choose that thing |
1:20.7 | Then no, yes, the sin itself itself happened |
1:23.6 | But I'm not |
1:24.8 | culpable or not |
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