Sin

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Sin

• Everything that youve ever wanted to know, but
  was afraid to ask!

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Sin

• What I do, I do not understand. For I did not
  do what I want, but what I hate. St. Paul (Rm
  715)
• Sin lives in us. It is a major barrier preventing
  us from living a moral life.
• Only Through our understanding of sin can we
  learn the antidote to sin conversion.

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The Definition of Sin

• Quite simply, according to the CCC, sin is an
  offense against God whereby sinners turn from
  Gods love through a false love of self (pride).
• An offense against reason, truth and right
  conscience.

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Where Do We See Sin?

• Unfortunately.Everywhere!
• In our relationships
• lying, holding grudges,anger,being
  envious,disobeying
• In our school
• cheating, gossiping, exploiting, being lazy
• In our world
• abuse, gluttany, greed, apathy, violence

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Original Sin

• Adam and Eve deliberately violated a command of
  God.
• Their outward act of disobedience was the
  manifestation of their interior rebellion against
  God (pride).
• Their personal sin affected themselves and
  others.

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What is Concupiscence?

• Concupiscence is a basic human inclination toward
  evil.

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Personal Sin

• Mortal Sin
• Grave Matter
• Full Knowledge
• Complete consent
• Venial Sin
• Less Serious Matter
• Without full consent
• Without full knowledge

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Social Sin

• Social Sin is a cycle of sin, violence, and
  injustice caused by individual sins that lead to
  collective sin.

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The Seven Capital Sins

• Capital means grave, having serious
  consequences. These sins are considered serious
  because they are the underlying causes for most
  evil habits (vices).
• Pride
• Greed (Avarice)
• Lust
• Anger (Wrath)
• Gluttony
• Envy
• Sloth

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Pride
Cloth yourself, all of you with humility toward
one another, for God opposes the proud but gives
grace to the humble. 1Peter 5

• An unlimited appreciations for ones own worth
  arrogance, excessively high opinion of ones self.

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Greed
Take heed, and beware of all covetousness for a
mans life does not consist in theabundance of
his possessions. Luke 1215

• Immoderate desire for earthly goods love of
  money or possessions rather than loving God and
  others.

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Lust
Let not lust overcome me, and do not surrender me
to a shameless soul

Sirach 236

• Inordinate, unrestrained craving for pleasure,
  especially sexual pleasure.

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Anger
Let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak,
slow to anger, for the anger of man does not work
the righteousness of God. James 1 19-20

• Intemperate desire for revenge hostile and
  wrathful feelings toward others.

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Gluttony
Healthy sleep depends on moderate eating he
rises early and feels fit. The distress of
sleeplessness, and of nausea and colic are with
the glutton Sirach 3120

• Unrestrained, immoderate consumption of food or
  drink.

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Envy
Where jealously and selfish ambition exist, there
will be disorder and every vile practice.

James 314-16

• Sorrow over anothers good fortune covetousness
  jealousy over anothers possessions or
  characteristics.

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Sloth
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle
person will suffer hunger. Proverbs 1915

• Laziness in keeping the faith or practicing
  virtue neglecting to do ones duties out of
  lethargy.

 
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Virtue

• Just as vice, or habits of evil, destroy a
  persons ability to achieve his or her potential
  and seriously affect human society, virtue, a
  habit of good is a necessary part of what it
  means for any person to be truly human
• Capital Virtue Opposing Sin
• Humility Pride
• Generosity Greed
• Brotherly Love Envy
• Meekness Anger
• Chastity Lust
• Temperance Gluttony
• Diligence Sloth

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The Good News - Reconciliation

• Reconciliation shows us the value of turning from
  sin and mending relationships.
• Confession emphasizes the owning up to our sins
  as a sign we are sorry for them.
• Penance equates with conversion.
• Examine your conscience
• Have Contrition for your sins
• Confess your sins
• Absolution
• Penance