It is human
nature so fallen, stripped of the grace that clothed it, injured in its
own natural powers and subjected to the dominion of death (Pope Paul VI,
Credo of the People of God, No.16)
condition
of disharmony into which all humans are born
Personal
or Actual Sin
any free
or deliberate action, word, thought or desire, which turns away from
God’s law of love
sin of
omission — failure to do a good thing
sin of
commission - a choice to act in an immoral way
Venial
Sin
Mortal
Sin
weakens
but does not kill our love relationship with God and neighbour
involves
offences that are not serious, or that the person does not fully recognize
as serious, or that the person does not wholeheartedly want to do
a rejection
of God’s love — it kills God’s life and love within us
the person
must know that it is serious and decide to do it anyway