153 Did You Total Your Car, or is it a Minor Crash? Mortal and Venial Sin

When there’s a car accident, your vehicle can be dented or scraped, or it could be totaled. Something similar happens with sin. Sin can be venial or mortal. And these two are essentially different degrees of sin. Through mortal sin we lose the state of Grace, and if we die unrepented and with that mortal sin in our soul, we cannot enter Heaven. This is what we will address in today’s episode. Listening and applying the content of this episode can make an eternal difference in your life.

- You can find the topics discussed today in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, numbers 1852 through 1864.

- Biblical texts quoted in this episode (lists of grave sins): Gal 5:19-21; 1 Cor 6:9-10; Romans 1:28-32, Ephesians 5:3-5; Colossians 3:5-9 and 1 Timothy 1:9-10

- You can find the “Compendium” of the Catechism of the Catholic Church online here: link, and the section we spoke about in this episode here (number 395): link.

- Here is an excerpt I made of all the paragraphs in the Catechism that specify what actions are “grave matter”: link.

- Book to read: the conversion story of Abortionist Doctor Bernard Nathanson, “The Hand of God.”

- Fr. Patrick Wainwright is a priest of Miles Christi, a Catholic Religious Order.

- Visit the Miles Christi Religious Order website: https://www.mileschristi.org

- This Podcast’s Website: https://www.forcollegecatholics.org

- To learn about the Spiritual Exercises (silent weekend retreat) preached by the Priests of Miles Christi, visit: https://www.mileschristi.org/spiritual-exercises/

- Recorded at our Family Center in South Lyon, Michigan.

- Planning, recording, editing, and publishing by Fr. Patrick Wainwright, MC.

- Gear: Shure MV7 USB dynamic microphone.

- Intro music from pond5.com