My husband is very ill with cancer he loves God dearly but is not Catholic Am I forgiven? I am 62 years old.. I need to know—Thank you. I am in a state of confusion. I was previously married in in my home.
My husband thought he was a minister. I have since remarried in a church, but not a Catholic church. Actually, I remarried the same man I previously married. My dilemma is does the church recognize my first marriage? The Church is more explicit about discouraging receiving Communion if you had a validly Catholic marriage, divorced, and then began another marriage to someone else.
And keeps telling me about how the Catholic religion. But my best friend keeps telling me that the catholics believe in saints and I should believe in saints just our god Jesus christ. He was a very anti-Catholic person later converted to Catholicism. I was converted to catholic after watching this truly awakening video on youtube. From an atheist to a daily rosary prayer. As I read through all the vital comments and arguments on the catholic faith of Purgatory and the death of the Christ on the cross, it gives me a mixed feelings.
However, in our every day life no body is capable of escaping sinful acts of all nature, thus we are sinning every moment everywhere; Hence, God is a just and MERCIFUL God and haven is for holy people only so how can one enter haven if he continues to sin after Jesus Suffering on the cross, all of us need to suffer the consequences based on the magnitude of our own sin prior to entering the holy place.
I would like to know the Catholic stand on: Having a civil divorce and living with a person of the opposite sex in a physical relationship. May a person in these circumstances, receive the sacraments?
Thank you in advance for your time and response. Hi Barb, your question is currently being debated by the synod of bishops in Rome, and they are weighing the official stance on allowing divorced Catholics to receive the Eucharist. Here is a discussion of the topic:. As you read the official position, please keep in mind that the Eucharist is food for the hungry, not the worthy. Half my family is Catholic and Half are Baptist, but when both faiths get down to the basics of salvation then we both accept our Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
We both have a true love for God and Jesus, and accept him as our personal savior, so we both have salvation through Jesus Christ. We shall all share eternity together as one BIG family. See Catechism , For an act to be a mortal sin, we have to have full knowledge of its sinfulness.
We have to know:. Much of the time, we know what acts are gravely wrong. We also have the obligation to form our conscience , so that it can judge accurately and bear witness to the objective moral truth. This actually increases our culpability! See Catechism , , and also , , But there are situations where someone honestly does not know that an action is wrong.
In such cases the person is not guilty of mortal sin. Mortal sin also requires deliberate consent. This means that you make a free choice to commit the act. The state of freedom is something that defines us as human beings. Freedom is the ability to choose to act or not to act. With freedom comes the responsibility for our choices. Sometimes, there is some factor that seriously interferes with our ability to make a free choice.
These cases reduce our culpability for sin. Perhaps some factor slightly reduces the malice of our action. See Catechism , , , Honestly, this is the hardest factor to determine accurately.
At times we know clearly that our choices are indeed deliberate. We know that God sees the truth completely and with great clarity. Because it is a direct rejection of God, it is a grave sin 1 Corinthians Idolatry includes worship of images This does not mean that we cannot venerate religious images.
Veneration of images such as a crucifix is veneration of the person depicted, and not the actual image in and of itself.
Divination, magic and sorcery —This is a grave sin which includes attempting to command the powers of the occult, control or speak to demons or spirits especially Satan , attempting to divine the future, and the use of magic charms CCC Deuteronomy speaks against this grave sin.
Sacrilege — The sin of sacrilege is a grave sin that consists of profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and liturgical actions of the Church as well as things consecrated to God CCC Atheism— Because atheistic humanism falsely seeks man and human glory and rejects God, atheism is a grave sin CCC It is a sin against the virtue of religion.
Blasphemy— This grave sin is the uttering of hatred, reproach, defiance or speaking ill of God. Blasphemy against the Church, the saints and sacred things is also a grave sin CCC It fails to give love and respect to our Creator.
Perjury and False Oaths — Those who take an oath in the name of the Lord and fail to keep it, or break the oath at a later date, show a grave lack of respect for the Lord of all speech CCC Pledging oneself to commit an evil deed is also sinful. During his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks against sinners who give false oaths Matthew All humans have a duty, to praise God and give him thanks.
Thus all Christians are bound to participate in the Mass, and must partake of the Eucharist at least on holy days of obligation. Deliberate failure to do this constitutes a grave sin CCC This commandment obliges the faithful to show respect for their parents — as children and adults. Children must obey their parents, and adults must respect and see to the care of their parents, when they become old and infirm.
Murder intentional homicide — Direct and intentional killing is gravely sinful CCC It is a sin that cries to heaven for vengeance, much like the murder of Abel at the hands of Cain. Indirect homicide can also be of grave nature such as refusing to help a person in danger. If the attacker is mortally wounded or killed, then the death of the attacker is not a sin. Those who use unnecessary aggression in self-defense can sin mortally, if the attacker is killed or gravely injured.
Abortion is therefore murder. The oldest Christian book besides parts of the Bible is the Didache, a book composed by the twelve apostles or their disciples. Euthanasia— The direct killing of the sick, handicapped, or dying, regardless of motive, is a grave sin. Those who are suffering and are nearing death must be allowed to die or recover, which is sometimes a possibility naturally.
Administration of painkillers is permissible, provided the drugs are not willed as an end or a means to precipitate death. In this case death is not willed, but is merely accepted as inevitable and cannot be impeded. Suicide— Suicide is murder of the self. It is contrary to the love of God, self, family, friends and neighbors CCC It is of especially grave nature, if it is intended to set an example for others to follow.
Voluntary cooperation in a suicide is also contrary to the moral law. However, the responsibility of and gravity of suicide can be diminished in the cases of grave psychological disturbances, anguish, grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture. But this does not make it morally permissible, and it is the judgement of God that will measure the gravity or responsibility of the sin. Scandal— Scandal is an attitude or behavior that leads another to do evil.
Drug abuse— Drug abuse does grave damage to health and life and is a grave offense. Only legitimate therapeutic use is acceptable CCC Gluttony— Gluttony is an excessive love for food, and is a disordered passion for wordly appetites. Because it is contrary to the virtue of temperance, it can constitute a grave sin.
Gluttony is also a capital sin CCC , Alcohol Abuse— Alcohol abuse can also be excessively dangerous and harmful to the body, and sometimes to neighbors CCC Because it is also contrary to temperance and is a disordered passion, it is a grave sin 1 Corinthians Terrorism— Terrorism that threatens, wounds and kills indiscriminately is of grave matter CCC Other forms of bodily violence kidnapping, hostage taking, non-medical amputations, mutilations and sterilization are also contrary to the moral law.
If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it is gravely against charity; it is a mortal sin CCC Hatred— Hatred of a neighbor is to deliberately wish him evil, and is thus a grave sin CCC and Galatians Extortion— Extortion is to obtain something from another by coercion or intimidation.
It is an act of violence and theft, and is condemned by 1 Corinthians Adultery —Adultery is marital infidelity. A married person who has sexual relations with anyone but their lawful spouse, even transient sexual relations, commits adultery CCC Divorce —The grave sin of divorce condemns those who divorce and remarry Matthew and those who divorce in the civil sense except by grave dispensation.
Hence divorce between two baptized Christians is a mortal sin CCC Fornication —Fornication is carnal union between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman and is a grave sin CCC Paul condemns fornication in his epistle 1 Corinthians If lustful looks are adulterous, how much worse is lustful physical contact?
Pornography— Pornography is the display of intimate real or simulated sexual acts to a third party. Because it removes the marriage act from within the sacramental sanctity of marriage, and perverts sex, it is gravely contrary to charity CCC The display of pornography to children and other parties is especially gravely sinful because it is gravely scandalous.
Prostitution— Prostitution reduces a person to an instrument of sexual pleasure and lust. It is gravely contrary to charity and chastity and defiles the body, the temple of the Holy Spirit.
However, destitution, blackmail or social pressure can reduce the gravity of the sin. Still, prostitution is always a sin CCC
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