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Dear WorriedNewCatholic,
First, Welcome to our family!
Your Catholic friend, like many, has been poorly catechized and is wrong.
From the Catechism:
1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: "Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent."
So it must be:
- grave matter
- committed with full knowledge, and
- deliberate consent
If one of these criteria is missing, it is not a mortal sin.
Mistakes and accidents will happen. This is just part of being human so don't worry about this.
If it still bothers you, once you enter the Church you can bring the topic up in Confession but don't worry about it.
Second, even if your Catholic partner was correct, though this was an accident, non-Catholics can't receive the sacraments until they become a Catholic so you could never go to Confession anyway.
Again, don't worry. The Lord knows a good heart and soul when he spiritually sees one : )
What would be correct is to say:
Any Catholic who is conscience of known mortal sins they have committed has to go to Confession first before receiving the Eucharist. Receiving the Blessed Sacrament with known mortal sin on your soul just spiritually damages the Church and that's something we don't need.
- Have they given you a Catechism of the Catholic Church to study?
If not, and you are interested, I may be able to help.
Just reply and tell me.
Mike
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