For a sin to be Mortal [Deadly, Fatal to Heaven], it must ...

[Pages:14]For a sin to be Mortal [Deadly, Fatal to Heaven], it must meet ALL THREE Standards of this Check-Off List, simultaneously.

1) It must be a SERIOUS MATTER [or believed to be a Serious Matter], and only potentially serious matters, by the most conservative standard that I could find, are listed on this Check-Off. 2) Before the Sin, a person must have been mindful of the serious wrong, having reflected on the gravity of the situation, with SUFFICIENT REFLECTION, beforehand. 3) A person must have freely chosen to commit the Sin, with the full consent of the FREE WILL, in spite of possible coercion.

Other lesser matters are Venial Sins and are not required to be confessed in Confession.

However, it is a good and pious thing to confess Venial Sins, to lessen your time in Purgatory. A list of Venial sins, and even lesser `Imperfections`, is covered in the Venial Sins section. The lesser Imperfections are not sins at all, but more difficult to distinguish from Venial Sins.

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Some questions on this form may be phrased as `Are you guilty of', but in no way implies a Criminal or Civil Court of Law involvement where you may or may not have been found Guilty of the Offence.

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS First Commandment

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT FREE MATTER REFLECTION WILL

1) FIRST COMMANDMENT -- I am the Lord your God. You shall not have strange gods

before Me. [Exodus 20:2,3]

1 Did you only worship the One True God?

1 Did you, or do you, hate God?

1 Did you give greater love to anything other than God?

1 Did you believe you were better, or smarter than God? [Deadly Sin-- PRIDE]

1 Did you put faith in Occult Ideas, or practices?

1 Did you put your faith in Astrology?

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POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS First Commandment [Continued]

1 Did you put your faith in New Age Philosophies

1 Did you put your faith in Eastern Philosophies?

1 Did you put your faith in Witchcraft?

1 Did you put your faith in Atheism?

1 Did you put your faith in Agnosticism?

1 Did you put your faith in Sorcery?

1 Did you put your faith in Ouija Boards?

1 Did you put your faith in Seance?

1 Did you put your faith in Black Magic?

1 Did you put your faith in Voodo?

1 Did you put your faith in Palm Reading?

1 Did you put your faith in Tarot Cards?

1 Did you put your faith in Divination?

1 Did you put your faith in Hypnotism?

1 Did you put your faith in Superstitions?

1 Did you put your faith in Good Luck Charms?

1 Did you put your faith in Horoscopes?

1 Did you put your faith in Paganism or other False Worship?

1 Did you join a Schismatic Group?

1 Did you join the Freemasons (Masons)?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with another secret society?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with Planned Parenthood?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with the ACLU?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with Gay Rights Groups?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with Pro-Choice Groups?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with Pro-Abortion Groups?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with the Communist Party?

1 Did you join, contribute to, or sympathize with the Socialist Party?

1 Did you deny the Faith of the Catholic Church?

1 Did you despair of God's Mercy?

1 Did you Fail to Pray to God for an extended period of time?

1 Did you receive illicit Non-Emergency `General Absolution`?

1 Are you guilty of Apostasy (Declaring to leave the Church)?

1 Did you fail to receive Holy Communion once per year, (Easter Duty)?

1 Did you fail to meet you Yearly Obligation of Confession, (Easter Duty)?

1 Were you married by a Justice-of the-Peace (without Dispensation)?

1 Were you married by a minister (without Dispensation)?

1 Did you commit Presumption (commit a Mortal Sin, presuming Absolution)?

1 Were you Confirmed (Sacrament of Confirmation) in a state of Mortal Sin?

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1 Were you Married (Sacrament of Matrimony) in a state of Mortal Sin?

1 Did you commit Simony (Buying or Selling Spiritual Objects)?

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Second Commandment

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT FREE MATTER REFLECTION WILL

2) SECOND COMMANDMENT -- Thou shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in

vain. [Exodus 20:7]

2 Did you use God`s name Only reverently?

2 Did you use God`s name as a Curse?

2 Did you commit Blasphemy (words of Hatred or Defiance towards God)?

2 Did you seriously slander or insult a Sacred Person or Object?

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Third Commandment

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT

MATTER REFLECTION

3) THIRD COMMANDMENT -- Remember that you keep Holy the Sabbath Day.

[Exodus 20:8]

3 Did you miss Sunday Mass or a Holy Day of Obligation without good reason?

3 Did you receive Holy Communion in a state of Mortal Sin (SACRILEGE)?

3 Did you Fail to Fast from Food and Drink for 1 hour before Communion?

(Water and Medicine is permitted)

3 Did you Fail to Receive Holy Communion during Easter time?

3 Did you Desecrate the Holy Eucharist (SACRILEGE)?

3 Did you do unnecessary compensated Labor on Sunday, for a long time?

3 Did you Require employees to work on Sundays in non-essential occupations?

3 Did you intentionally Fail to Fast on Ash Wednesday or Good Friday?

3 Did you intentionally Eat Meat on the Fridays of Lent or on Ash Wednesday?

FREE WILL

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Forth Commandment

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT

MATTER REFLECTION

4) FORTH COMMANDMENT -- Honor thy Father and thy Mother. [Exodus 20:12]

4 Did you fail to Love, Help, or Obey your parents?

4 Did you ever seriously wish Death or Evil upon your parents?

4 Did you seriously Disobey or Disrespect other supervisors or authorities?

4 Did you seriously Fail to Care for your aged parents?

4 Did you Fail to Carry-out the Last Will of a deceased parent?

4 Did you seriously Neglect the religious education and morals of your children?

4 Did you physically or mentally Abuse or seriously Neglect your children?

4 Did you Fail to Baptize your children within a few months of their birth?

FREE WILL

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4 Did you seriously Neglect the Duties of you state in life? [Deadly Sin-- SLOTH]

5) FIFTH COMMANDMENT -- Thou shall not kill. [Exodus 20:13]

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Fifth Commandment [Continued]

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT FREE

MATTER REFLECTION WILL

5 Did you kill anyone?

5 Did you willfully Fail to Bury the body, or the ashes of the dead?

5 Did you Seriously Entertain Thoughts of Suicide?

5 Did you Attempt, or Intend, to Commit Suicide?

5 Did you fail to eat properly and become anorexic, through Vanity?

5 Did you take or sell Illegal Drugs?

5 Did you Abuse Alcohol (Willful Drunkenness)?

5 Did you Loose Your Temper to an extreme [Deadly Sin-- ANGER]?

5 Did you unjustly Injure another physically?

5 Did you unjustly Injure another verbally?

5 Did you willfully engage in an Unjust Lawsuit?

5 Did you intentionally place temptation before a weak person?

5 Are you guilty of Bigotry (hatred of other races, nationalities, or religions)?

5 Are you guilty of Pride or Arrogance [Deadly Sin-- PRIDE]?

5 Did you promote, advise, or have an Abortion?

5 Did you have a `Selective Reduction` of babies in the womb?

5 Did you commit Self-Mutilation (Cutting, etc.)?

5 Do you have excessive Tattoos?

5 Do you have excessive Body Piercing?

5 Do you have a piercing of the nipples or sexual organs?

5 Do you refuse reasonable ordinary hospital care, that could save your life?

5 Did you authorize extraordinary care for a reasonably unrecoverable patient?

[This would not be Euthanasia; it is the discontinuance of Extraordinary Health Care, and allows God the

option of a `miracle', or to otherwise determine the hour and minute of death, once the `plug is pulled`.]

5 Did you promote or involve yourself in Euthanasia?

[Euthanasia is the actual act or practice of killing an innocent person to alleviate suffering or to terminate

one understood to be of no further value to self or society due to age or mental or bodily condition. It is

wrong because you would be usurping God's right to determine the hour and minute of our death.]

6) SIXTH COMMANDMENT -- Thou shall not commit Adultery. [Exodus 20:14]

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Sixth Commandment [Continued]

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT

MATTER REFLECTION

6 Did you commit Adultery (sex with a married person)?

6 Did you commit Fornication (sex before marriage)?

FREE WILL

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6 Have you engaged in, promoted, or used Prostitution?

6 Did you commit Rape (forced sex with another)?

6 Did you commit Incest?

(sex with a family member, near relative, adopted family member, or in-law, of the opposite sex)

6 Did you commit Pedophilia (sexual touching or act, with a minor)?

(Minors are persons under the age of Majority, and vary from State to State, from young teens to age 18.)

6 Have you viewed Pornography?

6 Do you have a sexual Fetish?

(A Fetish is an object or body part whose real or fantasized presence is psychologically necessary for

sexual gratification, frequently to the exclusion of genuine human romantic interaction.)

6 Have you read Sexually Explicit Materials?

6 Did you dwell on Impure Thoughts for the purpose or Arousal?

6 Did you have impure or violent sexual fantasies, asleep or awake?

6 Have you watched Impure Television, Movies, or DVD`s?

6 Have you Dressed Immodestly, or Acted to Arouse another, not your spouse?

6 Have you kissed or touched another to cause Arousal, who's not your spouse ?

6 Have you allowed another to Arouse you passionately, who`s not your spouse?

6 Have you caused sexual climax, other than Intercourse, even with your spouse?

6 Did you commit Onanism (Withdrawal for Contraceptive purposes)?

6 Did you have Oral Sex? (Exception for Married Partners- Oral foreplay is OK, ONLY IF

ejaculation is vaginal)

6 Did you guilty of Dressing Immodestly, in a flagrant way?

6 Did you have sex with Animals (Bestiality)?

6 Did you Masturbate? [Note the exception in mitigating circumstances in the

next section, after the Mortal Sins List]

6 Did you engage in other Impure Acts with yourself?

6 Did you engage in Homosexual Acts?

6 Did you have Anal Sex, or other degrading sexual practices?

6 Did you use a Contraceptive device (condom, diaphragm, intrauterine device)?

6 Did you have a Surgical Sterilization (Vasectomy, or Tubes Tied, etc.)?

6 Did you practice the Rhythm Method of Birth Control, even with your spouse?

6 Did you practice Natural Family Planning, (NFP) even with your spouse?

6 Did you practice Natural Fertility Regulation, (NFR) even with your spouse?

6 Did you practice Natural Birth Regulation, (NBR) even with your spouse?

6 Did you engage in In-Vitro Fertilization?

6 Did you engage in Artificial Insemination?

6 Did you engage in Surrogate Motherhood?

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POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Sixth Commandment [Continued]

SERIOUS

MATTER

6 Did you engage in Fertility Testing involving Immoral Acts (Masturbation)?

6 Did you engage in or support Human Cloning?

6 Are you guilty of Polygamy (many wives)?

6 Are you guilty of Polyandry (many husbands)?

6 Did you Cohabitate (live together) before Marriage?

6 Did you Lust in the Heart ("I would if I could") [Deadly Sin-- LUST]

6 Are you guilty of Wife Swapping (or `Swinging`)?

6 Are you guilty of Transvestitism (Cross Dressing)?

6 Did you love sex (or food, etc.), excessively? [Deadly Sin-- GLUTTONY]

SUFFICIENT REFLECTION

FREE WILL

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Seventh Commandment

SERIOUS

MATTER

7) SEVENTH COMMANDMENT -- Thou shalt not steal. [Exodus 20:15]

7 Have you Stolen a large sum or money, or a valuable item?

7 Have you willfully Failed to Make Restitution for a stolen or destroyed item?

7 Have you Defrauded workers of their just wage?

7 Have you Received, Concealed, Bought, or Sold Stolen Property?

7 Have you willfully Defaced or Destroyed another`s property?

7 Have you Stolen something Consecrated to God, or from a Holy Place?

7 Have you Gambled to Excess and harmed your life or your family`s life?

7 Have you Stolen your employer`s Time, by serious failure to do your work?

7 Have you padded your Expense or Per Diem Account?

7 Have you Taken Advantage to the poor, simple-minded, or the inexperienced?

7 Have you Denied Help to the poor, needy, or destitute, even though capable?

7 Have you been Seriously Cruel to animals?

7 Have you Enslaved anyone?

7 Have you Defrauded creditors?

7 Have you Pirated computer software, or bootlegged movies or DVD`s?

7 Have you Violated copyright laws?

7 Have you Bribed anyone, or accepted a Bribe?

7 Are you guilty of Excessive Waste or Expense?

7 Have you Blackmailed anyone?

7 Have you committed Forgery?

7 Are you guilty of Fraud or Embezzlement?

SUFFICIENT REFLECTION

FREE WILL

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7 Have you Evaded or Cheated on your Tax Return? 7 Are you guilty of Price Fixing or Collusion?

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Eighth Commandment

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT FREE

MATTER REFLECTION WILL

8) EIGHTH COMMANDMENT -- Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor. [Exodus

20:16]

8 Did you Bear False Witness [not under oath] against anyone?

8 Did you bear false witness [under oath is Perjury] against anyone?

8 Did you seriously Wish Evil upon another person?

8 Did you Withhold a Serious Sin (SACRILEGE), or lie in Confession?

8 Have you told a large or premeditated Lie?

8 Have you engaged in Calumny (telling the faults of someone, that are untrue)?

8 Did you seriously Wish Evil upon another person?

8 Have you told a large or premeditated Lie?

8 Have you engaged in Calumny (telling the faults of someone, that are untrue)?

8 Have you engaged in Detraction (telling the true gossip faults, unnecessarily)?

8 Have you Violated the Confidence of someone without good reason?

8 Are you an Accomplice to another`s Grave Sin?

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Ninth Commandment

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT FREE

MATTER REFLECTION WILL

9) NINTH COMMANDMENT -- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. [Exodus 20:17]

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Ninth Commandment [Continued]

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT FREE

MATTER REFLECTION WILL

9 Did you Lust after someone else's wife?

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9 Did you willfully Lust after another? [Deadly Sin-- LUST]

9 Are you guilty of willful Divorce?

9 Are you guilty of willful Desertion?

POSSIBLE/PROBABLE MORTAL SINS Tenth Commandment

SERIOUS SUFFICIENT FREE

MATTER REFLECTION WILL

10) TENTH COMMANDMENT -- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods. [Exodus 20:17]

10 Did you Seriously Covet your neighbor`s possessions? [Deadly Sin-- ENVY]

10 Are you guilty of Serious Avarice or Greed? [Deadly Sin-- GREED]

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The Mitigating Circumstances concerning the Sin of Masturbation

A QUOTE from The Catholic Catechism:

Offenses against chastity

2352 By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. "Both the Magisterium of the Church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered action."137 "The deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose." For here sexual pleasure is sought outside of "the sexual relationship which is demanded by the moral order and in which the total meaning of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love is achieved."138

To form an equitable judgment about the subjects' moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into account the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety or other psychological or social factors that lessen, if not even reduce to a minimum, moral culpability.

When all of these factors are taken into account, one can see that often the culpability or gravity of the act is much reduced. In such cases the action remains moral matter for confession as a venial sin, but one need not refrain from receiving other sacraments such as the Eucharist without benefits of sacramental confession, as long as the matter has been verified by a priest regarding the extent of your moral culpability. That is, following an act of masturbation, one may receive the Eucharist without going to confession first when one lacks emotional maturity (early adolescence), when one is striving to overcome a habit but without complete success, when one is under extreme stress or anxiety, or other psychological or social factors, among other situations, lessens moral responsibility.

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