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Understanding Mortal and Venial Sin: A Catholic Perspective, Exercises of Christianity

University of St. Francis (USF)Christianity

An explanation of the differences between mortal and venial sin from a catholic perspective. It includes definitions, examples, and consequences of each type of sin. The document also emphasizes the importance of confession and god's forgiveness.

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Student Worksheet
Opening Prayer
LEADER
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Merciful Father, you made us for intimacy and relationship with you. You created us to be
free and whole and to thrive. Sin wounds us and can even destroy us. Sin can sever our
communion with you and leave us bound by our own choices. Help us to resist sin and to
repent from the sins that we have committed. Do not leave us to the darkness of sin, but
restore us in your grace. Lead us away from temptation and deliver us from all evil. Amen.
Fr. Mike’s Thought Train
THE BIG QUESTION
What is the difference bet ween mortal and venial sin?
THE SHORT ANSWER
Mortal sin breaks our communion with God and the Church. Venial sin wounds that relationship and can
weaken us so that we are highly vulnerable to mortal sin.
THE BREAKDOWN
•Fr. Mike clarifies: All sin is evil. This is not to say that venial sins are “no big deal.” Be on guard against
all sin.
✴Venial sin wounds our relationship with God. Think of any relationship—you would not want to
carelessly do things that wound the relationship because that would be hurtful and would weaken
the relationship to the breaking point.
✴Mortal sin destroys our relationship; it breaks our communion with God and the Church. (Mor tal sin kills
the soul. Without a relationship with God, we cannot go to heaven.)
•Requirements for a mor tal sin:
✴Grave matter or serious sin. Note: This means serious to God, not to me.
✴I have to know that it is grave matter. I have to know it is a serious sin.
✴I have to freely choose to do it anyway.
ySin is not an accident or a mistake.
•If any of the three requirements are missing, the act might be a sin, but it is not a mortal sin in
that case.
Lesson 12: MORTAL VS. VENIAL SIN
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Student Worksheet

Opening Prayer

LEADER

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Merciful Father, you made us for intimacy and relationship with you. You created us to be

free and whole and to thrive. Sin wounds us and can even destroy us. Sin can sever our

communion with you and leave us bound by our own choices. Help us to resist sin and to

repent from the sins that we have committed. Do not leave us to the darkness of sin, but

restore us in your grace. Lead us away from temptation and deliver us from all evil. Amen.

Fr. Mike’s Thought Train

THE BIG QUESTION

What is the difference between mortal and venial sin?

THE SHORT ANSWER

Mortal sin breaks our communion with God and the Church. Venial sin wounds that relationship and can weaken us so that we are highly vulnerable to mortal sin.

THE BREAKDOWN

  • Fr. Mike clarifies: All sin is evil. This is not to say that venial sins are “no big deal.” Be on guard against all sin. ✴ Venial sin wounds our relationship with God. Think of any relationship—you would not want to carelessly do things that wound the relationship because that would be hurtful and would weaken the relationship to the breaking point. ✴ Mortal sin destroys our relationship; it breaks our communion with God and the Church. (Mortal sin kills the soul. Without a relationship with God, we cannot go to heaven.)
  • Requirements for a mortal sin: ✴ Grave matter or serious sin. Note: This means serious to God, not to me. ✴ I have to know that it is grave matter. I have to know it is a serious sin. ✴ I have to freely choose to do it anyway. y Sin is not an accident or a mistake.
  • If any of the three requirements are missing, the act might be a sin, but it is not a mortal sin in that case.

Lesson 12 : MORTAL VS. VENIAL SIN

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  • Example: missing Mass on Sunday ✴ That is a serious obligation. If I know it and choose to skip Mass anyway, that is a mortal sin. ✴ What if I tried to go but was prevented from going? That is not a mortal sin.
  • Some think, “I can commit venial sin all I want.” Caution! Venial sin does not break the relationship, but it can wound it over and over until it is at the breaking point. ✴ Bullfighting example
  • What to do if you sin: Grace is always available. ✴ Even the desire to confess is grace working. ✴ No one is beyond the reach of God’s grace, regardless of what one’s life has been. y In confession, God forgives, raises, and restores us.
  • Go to confession! Talk It Out
  1. What is the difference between venial and mortal sin?
  2. What makes a sin mortal?
  3. While vigorously objecting to bullfighting, Fr. Mike uses it as an example of the way that venial and mortal sin work in wounding and even severing the communion with God that grace gives us. What is the analogy?
  4. What should you do if you have committed a mortal sin?
  5. Is there anything that this lesson cleared up for you that you didn’t quite understand before?
  6. Why do you think it is a common problem for people to dismiss venial sin as “just venial,” as if venial sins are OK?
  7. How does the idea that venial sins wear us down and make us vulnerable to bigger sins resonate with you? Do you see any parallels with other aspects of your life?
  8. The video ends with an invitation to the sacrament of reconciliation. What is your experience of the sacrament like? Do you go? How regularly? Hands On Break into groups and come up with four scenarios. Two of them should describe venial sins and two should describe mortal sins. Be ready to listen to the other groups’ scenarios and weigh in on which scenarios describe mortal sins and which describe venial sins.