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== Sin as separation from God == | == Sin as separation from God == | ||
Jesus | Jesus teaches ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?30 Mt. 12:30]):<blockquote>Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.</blockquote> | ||
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. | |||
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* "scatter" means separated from God | * "scatter" means separated from God | ||
** the word "devil" comes from , which means "to scatter" | ** the word "devil" comes from , which means "to cast away, scatter" (see [[Glossary of terms for catechism of the Catholic faith|Glossary]]) | ||
* therefore sin is separation from God | * therefore sin is separation from God | ||
* and eternal separation from God is hell. | * and eternal separation from God is hell. | ||
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== Slavery to sin == | == Slavery to sin == | ||
From [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/432/ CCC 1739]:<blockquote>By refusing God's plan of love, [man who freely sinned] deceived himself and became a slave to sin. </blockquote> | From [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/432/ CCC 1739]:<blockquote>By refusing God's plan of love, [man who freely sinned] deceived himself and became a slave to sin. </blockquote> | ||
== Scandal == | |||
The Catechism explains "scandal" as per , scandal is causing or tempting another into sin ([https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/552/ CCC 2284])<blockquote>Scandal is an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil. The person who gives scandal becomes his neighbor's tempter. He damages virtue and integrity; he may even draw his brother into spiritual death. Scandal is a grave offense if by deed or omission another is deliberately led into a grave offense.</blockquote>Jesus does not use the word "scandal" (it appears in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/judith/8:22 Jdt 8:22], [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/judith/12:2 12:2] and [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/romans/1:30 Rom 1:30]), but he speaks to the concept directly in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/17:1 Lk 17:1]:<blockquote>He said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur."</blockquote> | |||
== Forgiveness of sin == | == Forgiveness of sin == | ||
* [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/110/ CCC 431]: | * [https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/110/ CCC 431]: | ||
<blockquote>"Because sin is always an offences against God, only he can forgive it"</blockquote>The Sacrament of Reconciliation repairs our offences against God. | |||
The Sacrament of Reconciliation repairs our offences against God. | |||
== Avoidance of sin == | == Avoidance of sin == | ||
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=== The "occasion of sin" === | === The "occasion of sin" === | ||
In the Beatitudes, Jesus advises that we avoid sin by distancing ourselves from it. In what seems harsh | The "occasion of sin" is the opportunity, place, inducement of the moment of sin. By avoiding the occasion, we can avoid the sin. In the [[Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes & Woes|Beatitudes]], Jesus advises that we avoid sin by distancing ourselves from it. In what seems in the literal sense harsh, in [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5?29 Mt 5:29-30], he says,<blockquote>"If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna. | ||
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.”</blockquote> | |||
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|+Interpreting through the "Senses of Scripture" | |||
|Literal | |||
<small>(textual)</small> | |||
|gouge your eye, | |||
cut off your hand | |||
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|Allegorical | |||
<small>(metaphorical)</small> | |||
|cut off your source/s of sin | |||
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|Moral | |||
<small>(right v. wrong)</small> | |||
|we are too weak to resist temptation, | |||
so we must avoid the temptation itself | |||
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|Anagogical | |||
<small>(where does it lead us?)</small> | |||
|by avoiding sin, we will avoid "Gehenna" (hell) | |||
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Jesus tells us powerfully how to avoid sin: ''avoid its occasion''. | |||
=== Prayer === | === Prayer === | ||
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus tells the sleeping Peter, John and James, [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/14?38 Mk 14:38]:<blockquote>"Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."</blockquote> | In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus tells the sleeping Peter, John and James, [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/14?38 Mk 14:38]:<blockquote>"Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."</blockquote> | ||
== Sin in our hearts == | |||
Jesus explains where sin originates ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/15?19 Mt 15:19]):<blockquote>"Do you not realize that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”</blockquote>We can live in a fallen world, but we must not "take it to heart" | |||
== Three-fold sins == | == Three-fold sins == | ||