Tag: Sin

My catholic teaching told me that once we commit a mortal sin, we lose all the grace of God and we are not in communion with the Church or God. I fervently believe so. However, for a sinner to repent, despite the need of our free will to repent, we still need the grace of God in order to be aware of our darkness and evil and thus to seek the forgiveness of God. In a nutshell, a mortal sinner cannot repent without the grace of God while a mortal sinner is not in a state of Grace. Kind of a paradox?

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When we say someone is “in a state of grace”, we are typically talking about someone who is baptized and is in a continual relationship with God. The life of grace conferred on him from baptism is a habitual, continuous presence. This grace is called “habitual grace”, or “sanctifying grace”.

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I committed a grave sin and I believe it was God who sent a message that his doors are locked to me. The message was given through an acquaintance who out of the blue told me about his ‘‘brother’’s sin which not only was identical to mine but included details about me that no one knows. Finished by telling me that I should be ‘proud’ of all the good things I had done for they could not be covered with one hand (obviously all the sins) Is there any hope I can still be saved?

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I believe your discernment is incorrect. For a discernment to be true, among many things, it cannot contradict what God already reveals in scripture and in tradition. Both scripture and the Church clearly teaches that God will not refuse anyone who repents. The only unforgivable sin is when we refuse to trust in His mercy.

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What are grave sins?

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“Grave sin” is actually not a proper term. Traditionally, according to the catechism, we have mortal/deadly sin, or grave matters. So when you say “grave sin”, it is very ambiguous as to what exactly you are referring to.

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請問當耶穌榮進耶路撒冷，群眾兩旁夾道歡呼，為什麼幾天後要釘死祂，對祂一百八十度的改變？

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這個問題，其實大家都經常經歷的，絕不陌生，原因全是人的不可靠。舉一個例子：我們去彌撒時，高聲頌主，表明我們接受聖言的教導，堅信耶穌的聖體聖血是救贖我們的犧牲。但彌撒一完，我們就可立時打回原形，與教友講是非，與神長爭辨，與家人不和睦——那不是剛剛歡迎主耶穌，立時又要釘死祂嗎？

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