Show 183: The Development of Sin

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Show 183: The Development of Sin

Oct 14, 2024 · 25m 25s

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Sin arises generally in the following manner: - First of all an evil thought comes into the mind, which in itself is not sinful. (Temptation.) - If evil thoughts are...

Sin arises generally in the following manner:

First of all an evil thought comes into the mind, which in itself is not sinful. (Temptation.)
If evil thoughts are not instantly expelled, they awaken in the mind complacency in what is evil, and that is already a venial sin.
The evil desire next arises; this has a turpitude corresponding to that of the sinful action towards which it is directed.
Finally comes the resolution to commit the sin.
If occasion then presents itself for the sin, the exterior act is committed.
By the repetition of exterior sins the habit of sin, or vice, is contracted.
Every outward sin and every vice brings, as its own punishment, other sins and vices of a different nature in its train.
If any vice is firmly rooted in the soul, it oftentimes brings after it sins of the worst type, and those that are said to cry to Heaven for vengeance; finally it produces complete obduracy in the sinner.