Conditions to commit mortal sin:

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."

What is sin?
Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by
a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined
as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law."

What is the Social Dimension of sin?

How does Jesus relate to sinners?

The fact that Jesus is a friend of sinners means that He is our friend and is waiting for us to acknowledge His presence
and availability. Gods love for us is almost beyond imagining. When we consider Jesus Incarnation His leaving heaven
to be born as a helpless human infant in order to grow and experience life among us we begin to get a glimmer of the
depth of that love. When we add to that His sacrificial death on the cross, it is staggering. To be a friend of sinners,
Jesus subjected Himself to living in a fallen, depraved world, for we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
(Romans 3:23). Despite our sinful condition, Jesus desires a relationship with us.

Steps of Reconciliation
1. The priest greets us, and we pray the Sign of the Cross. He invites us to trust in God. He may read God's Word with us.
2. We confess our sins. The priest may help and counsel us.
3. The priest gives us a penance to perform. Penance is an act of kindness or prayers to pray, or both.
4. The priest asks us to express our sorrow, usually by reciting the Act of Contrition.
5. We receive absolution. The priest says, I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. We respond, Amen.
6. The priest dismisses us by saying, Go in peace. We go forth to perform the act of penance he has given us.

What is Confession?
Confession, or as its normally called as the sacrament of Reconciliation, is the disclosure or confession of sins to a priest
and imparts to the sinner the love of God who reconciles, hence an essential element of this sacrament. In a profound
sense it is also a "confession" - acknowledgment and praise - of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.
It is also called the sacrament of conversion because it makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the first
step in returning to the Father5 from whom one has strayed by sin.

What is Contrition?
Contrition is sincere sorrow for having offended God, and hatred for the sins we have committed, with a firm purpose of
sinning no more.
Kinds of Contrition
There are two kinds of contrition: perfect contrition and imperfect contrition. Our contrition is perfect when we are
sorry for our sins because sin offends God, whom we love above all things for His own sake. Our contrition is imperfect
when we are sorry for our sins because they are hateful in themselves or because we fear God's punishment.