Chapter 6

Sin and Forgiveness

Seven Capital (Deadly) Sins
• ____________________: an unlimited appreciation for one’s own
worth; arrogance; excessively high opinion of oneself
• ____________________ (Avarice): immoderate desire for earthly
goods; love of possessions or money rather than loving God and
others
• ____________________: sorrow over another’s good fortune;
covetousness; jealousy over another’s possessions or
characteristics
• ____________________ (Wrath) intemperate desire for revenge;
hostile and wrathful feelings toward others
• ____________________: inordinate, unrestrained craving for
pleasure, especially sexual pleasure
• ____________________: unrestrained, immoderate consumption of
food or drink
• ____________________: laziness in keeping the faith or practicing
virtue; neglecting to do one’s duties out of lethargy

• Sin is:
• An offense against ____________________,
____________________, and _______________ ______________
• An offense against God whereby sinners turn from God’s
love through a false love of self.
• It is both healthy and realistic to admit the ____________________
of sin.
• To acknowledge the existence of sin does not lead us to
____________________.
 • Jesus, a name that means “_______________ __________________.”
• For Christ’s forgiving grace to touch our hearts and for us to
receive his mercy, we must ____________________ up to our sins.

The Bible on Sin – (p.146)

• The effect of Original Sin was ____________________ for Adam and
Eve and for us. Their ____________________ alienated them from
God, from each other, from themselves, and from God’s creation.
• Usually what happens when we “miss the mark” is that we take
something ____________________ to be good and make it into our
god.

The New Testament on Sin, Jesus, and Forgiveness – (p. 149)

• Sin is, ultimately a ____________________ to respond to God’s love.
• Jesus had some harsh warnings about sin, even saying that some
sins lead to ____________________ ____________________:
– Being a bad example which causes others to sin.
– Failing to act, like not responding to the needy in our midst
– Attitudes, like anger that leads to violence

• The heart of the Christian message is that Jesus has

____________________ sin and death.
• Jesus asks 3 things of us (p. 150):
– ____________________ for our sins
– ____________________ in the Gospel message that God loves
us
 – ____________________ the Good News of love He has given
us, with the help of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:19-21
“Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity,
licentiousness (lacking moral restraints; disregarding sexual
restraints), idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of
fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, occasions of envy,
drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you
before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of
God.”

Different Kinds of Sin (p.151)

• A ____________________ is made between Original sin and Personal
sin.
• ____________________ sin is divided into 2 categories according to
their gravity: Mortal and venial.
• The root of all sin is the human ____________________, that is, the
____________________ of free human will.

Original Sin vs. Personal Sin

• ____________________:
– An inclination toward evil caused by Original sin
• ____________________ _______________:
– A failure to love God above everything and our neighbor as
ourselves.
• To Adam and Eve, the Original Sin was their personal sin

Mortal Sin (p. 153)

• To sin mortally, three conditions must be present:
1. _______________ _______________
 – Must be serious enough to destroy God’s love in us,
turning us away from him
2. _______________ ____________________
– Must know what we are doing is seriously wrong
3. ____________________ ____________________
– Person must give full consent of the will.
• Make no mistake about it, it is ____________________ to sin
mortally.

• ____________________ Sin:
– Personal sin that weakens but does not kill our relationship
with God
• ____________________ Sin:
– Personal sin that involves a serious matter, sufficient
reflection, and full consent of the will. It results in total
rejection of God and alienation from him
• ____________________ Sin:
– A cycle of sin, violence, and injustice caused by individual
sins.

Conversion and the Sacrament of Reconciliation (p.158):

• ____________________:
– A change of mind or a change of heart.
– At the heart of the gospel message.
– A key aspect of following Jesus is to turn from our sins and
embrace the way of the cross
• ____________________:
– Heartfelt sorrow and aversion from sins committed along
with the intention to sin no more
• ____________________:
– 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