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‘The regular confession of our venial sins helps us form our conscience, fight against evil tendencies, let ourselves be healed by Christ and progress in the life of the Spirit.’ (CCC 1458)
SCRIPTURES & ART: Today’s readings remind us that God sometimes gives us opportunities that knock only once.
“Begone, Satan! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself.” —St. Benedict Medal Inscription
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: Our reticence to speak out is understandable. Our hearers will frequently take offense. But fear shouldn’t dictate what we do.
COMMENTARY: There are many illustrations of this difficult-to-accept reality of sin, but one of the clearest, and most actual, is with regard to sexual morality.
In recent decades, liturgical flippancy and theological naivete have helped to erode our sense of sin. Do we persist on this road?
The Crucifixion, when men killed God, was the worst thing humanity has ever done.
I believe in original sin, but there’s nothing original about sin. It’s deadly but dull.
“The Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men … flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it, and draws all its power from it.” (Lumen Gentium)
There are two types of saints and two types of sinners. The one thing they have in common is suffering.
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![Niccolò Antonio Colantonio [c. 1420-1460], “Crucifixion”](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2020101023104_fb49afce07b5e3ffceb4c8894c2e4b107e131cbd05899ead349d0e2c4ad7ad0e.jpeg "Niccolò Antonio Colantonio [c. 1420-1460], “Crucifixion”")