7 "Small" Sins That Are Secretly Mortal (Most Catholics Ignore #7)

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Name a mortal sin and you would probably say murder, adultery, apostasy, the big ones. But what if some of the most dangerous sins in your life right now are the ones that feel the smallest? The Catechism does not measure gravity by how shocking a sin looks to us. It measures by the Ten Commandments, by what we know, and by what we freely choose. Apply that standard honestly, and some very ordinary habits start to look very different. Gossip. A second look. Sleeping through Sunday Mass. Here are seven sins many Catholics treat as minor scratches that can, under the right conditions, be mortal. The last one happens at the altar rail. The distinction is far older and far more Jewish than the critics think. In Leviticus, God provides sacrifices for shegagah, the inadvertent stumble. In Numbers 15, the person who sins be-yad ramah, with a high hand, defiantly despising the word of the Lord, is cut off. The stumble and the raised fist: Israel already knew the difference between weakness and defiance, and the apostles inherited it. If any one of the three conditions is missing, the sin is not mortal, and mercy is always open: if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just. So tonight, do a real examination of conscience, not by your feelings but by the commandments. And if you find any of these seven, get to confession this week. That is not a sentence of shame. It is the doorway back to life. In this video: • The three conditions that must all be present, and why nobody falls into mortal sin by accident • Shegagah and be-yad ramah: the stumble and the raised fist in the Torah • Gossip as detraction, the merchant of other people's stories (CCC 2477) • Why Aquinas calls deliberate drunkenness a mortal sin, and what Paul says it costs • The altar rail problem: the confession line is short, the communion line is long ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 The Sins That Feel Smallest 0:46 What Makes a Sin Mortal (CCC 1857) 3:43 Gossip and the Careless Word 5:43 Drunkenness and Galatians 5 6:30 Lust, Pornography, and Matthew 5;28 8:03 Skipping Sunday Mass (CCC 2181) 8:57 Communion in a State of Mortal Sin 📖 SCRIPTURE REFERENCED • Leviticus 4,5 with Numbers 15:30,31: sacrifices for shegagah, the inadvertent stumble, but the sin with a high hand is cut off. • 1 John 5:16,17: there is sin which is mortal and there is sin which is not mortal. • Leviticus 19:16: you shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people. The Hebrew is rakil, a talebearer. • Galatians 5: drunkenness listed beside idolatry, and those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. • Matthew 5:28: everyone who looks lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart. • 1 Corinthians 11:27-29: whoever eats or drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment upon himself. ⛪ FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS & THE CATECHISM • CCC 1857 and 1858: mortal sin takes grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent together, and grave matter is measured by the Ten Commandments, not our feelings. • CCC 2477 and 2479: detraction is disclosing another's faults without a valid reason, destroying a neighbor's reputation and honor. • St. Augustine, Confessions 8: grant me chastity and continence, but not yet, the divided heart from the inside. • St. Ignatius of Antioch (around 107) and the Didache (1st century): living for the Lord's day, confessing first so your sacrifice may be pure. 📜 SOURCES & FURTHER READING • The Council of Trent, decree on justification: defended the mortal-venial distinction against the claim that the only deadly sin is unbelief. • St. John Chrysostom (4th century): preached whole homilies against casual swearing in the streets of Antioch. • St. Thomas Aquinas: knowingly and freely choosing to become drunk is in itself a mortal sin. • CCC 2148, 2290, 2302-2303, 2181: blasphemy, drunkenness, deliberate hatred, and the Sunday obligation, each named grave. • CCC 1385 and 2352: conscious of grave sin, receive reconciliation first; habit, anxiety, and immaturity can reduce culpability, sometimes to a minimum. • Sirach 28 (about 180 years before the Incarnation): the blow of the tongue crushes the bones. 🔗 EXPLORE MORE 🌍 Website: https://totuscatholica.org/ Rosary Guide: https://totuscatholica.org/rosary ✉️ Contact: https://totuscatholica.org/contact 🔍 Examination of Conscience: https://catholicexaminationofconscien... 📚 Free eBooks: https://buymeacoffee.com/totuscatholi... 👥 Become a Totus Insider: https://buymeacoffee.com/totuscatholi...