The Penalty of Mortal Sin

 

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There is no greater folly than for man to think that he can know, better than God, the law of his construction and the right means of working out his destiny, and that he can be a law to himself.

"Who hath resisted Him and hath had peace?" (Job 9, 4).

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The Deformity of Mortal Sin

 

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Sin destroys in us, not some superficial or temporal harmony of colour, form, sound, of organs or of health, but the most fundamental one of all, the moral and spiritual harmony of our soul with God. 

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Original Sin

 

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"Behold I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me" (Ps. 1, 7).

 

Original sin is not indeed from us, but it will be due to ourselves and not to God if we suffer permanently form any of its effects.

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The Sources of Sin

 

As light cannot be a fountain of darkness, so God cannot be in any way the author or source of the state of sin or of the action that leads to it. 

 

While many factors concur towards our sins, the ultimate and only real source is in ourselves. 

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The Seat of Sin

 

What a burden we carry about with us! Aspire to that time of purification, happiness and freedom, when you will be delivered from this servitude of corruption when you will no longer be obliged to watch every movement for the symptoms of disease, when you will no more be in danger of offending God and losing your soul. 

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