1. CHAPTER SIX
Sin and Forgiveness

2. Journal: Bishop Barron on Amoris Laetitia

3. Prayer:
How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ tell us plainly.
John 10
Dear God, thank you for my faith in your Son. I know him to be the tangible expression of your love. Do not let me keep my family in suspense by failing to live his love for them. Amen.

4. Moral vices that give rise to many other failures to love.
We Are Sinners
Capital sins
Moral vices that give rise to many other failures to love.

5. We Are Sinners Sloth – laziness Gluttony – immoderate consumption
of food or
drink
Lust –
craving for
sexual
pleasure
Anger –
desire
for revenge
Envy –
sorrow over
another’s
good
fortune
Greed –
desire for
earthly
goods
Pride –
excessively
high opinion
of oneself
Seven
Capital
Sins

6. The Reality of Sin Sin is:
An offense against reason, truth, and right conscience
A failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods
An utterance, deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law

7. The Reality of Sin
There is much evidence of the existence of sin in the world today.
Jesus Christ came to save us from our sins.

8. The Bible on Sin hattah – missing the mark pesha – rebellion
Old Testament Images of Sin
hattah – missing the mark
pesha – rebellion
awon – guilt or iniquity

9. The Bible on Sin Consequences of sin: alienates us from God
alienates us from ourselves
alienates us from others

10. The Bible on Sin New Testament descriptions of sin: missing the mark
The New Testament on Sin, Jesus, and Forgiveness
New Testament descriptions of sin:
missing the mark
lawlessness
injustice
falsehood
darkness

11. The Bible on Sin
The New Testament on Sin, Jesus, and Forgiveness
The most profound explanation of sin as found in the New Testament is “a refusal to love, to accept God’s offer of friendship and grace in our Lord Jesus Christ”.

12. Different Kinds of Sin Original sin
All humans are born into the disharmonious situation of our world to which we are all subject.

13. Different Kinds of Sin Original Sin Versus Personal Sin concupiscence
An inclination toward evil caused by original sin “The rebellion of the ‘flesh’ against the spirit” (CCC 2515).
concupiscence

14. A failure to love God above everything and our neighbors as ourselves
Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
venial sin
mortal sin
personal sin
A failure to love God above everything and our neighbors as ourselves

15. Total rejection of God and alienation from him
Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
Total rejection of God and alienation from him
mortal sin
Three conditions must be present:
Grave matter
Full knowledge
Complete consent

16. Different Kinds of Sin Reconciliation Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
A sacrament of healing, also known as Penance or Confession, through which Christ extends his forgiveness to sinners

17. Personal sin that weakens but does not kill our relationship with God.
Different Kinds of Sin
Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
Venial sin
Personal sin that weakens but does not kill our relationship with God.

18. Different Kinds of Sin Social Sin Original Sin Versus Personal Sin
Examples:
greed
selfish actions
pride and prejudice
envy
lust
avarice
violence
and injustice
caused by
individual
sins
A cycle of sin
Social Sin

19. Change of mind or change of heart
Conversion and the
Sacrament of Reconciliation
repentance
contrition
Change of mind or change of heart
Heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins committed along with the intention to sin no more

20. Sacrament of Reconciliation
Conversion and the
Sacrament of Reconciliation
The statement by which a priest, speaking as the official minister of Christ’s Church, declares forgiveness of sins to a repentant sinner in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
absolution
The formula of absolution reads: “I absolve you from your sins; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

21. Elements of the Sacrament
Five Steps of the Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Examine your conscience.
Have contrition for your sins.
Confess your sins.
Absolution.
Do the penance assigned.

22. Vocabulary Capital sins Original sin Concupiscence Personal sin
Mortal sin
Venial sin
Social sin
Reconciliation
Repentance
Contrition
Absolution