N/d C-blog, BLESS SAC, m : "SIN CAUSES US TO INCREASE & GOD TO DECREASE, WM (8am) M "In first reading John speaks of sin, deadly sin...or mortal sin...sin can indeed because of its serious nature can separate us from God...hieraerchy of sin..lesser v

N/d C-blog, BLESS SAC, m : "SIN CAUSES  US TO INCREASE & GOD TO DECREASE, WM (8am) M "In first reading John speaks of sin, deadly sin...or mortal sin...sin can indeed because of its serious nature can separate us from God...hieraerchy of sin..lesser venial sin...doesn't separate us from sanctifying grace, albeit too much venial sin can clog us...while mortal sin..can permanently separate us...to commit a mortal sin,,must be of serious nature...sins against neighbor,,,gossip slander..against worship of God...or ..and that we freely choose to commit this sin..should go to sacrament of confession right away..st. jbap says "I must decrease, He must increase." Sin allows US to increase & the Lord to decrease..& robs us of our inheritance..how blessed we are to have sacrament of reconciliation, repentance..receive watershed of grace..."
1 John 5:14-21 "Beloved: We have this confidence in him that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask we know that what we have asked him for is ours. If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly. We know that anyone begotten by God does not sin; but the one begotten by God he protects, and the Evil One cannot touch him. We know that we belong to God, and the whole world is under the power of the Evil One. We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Children, be on your guard against idols. Responsorial Psalm 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b R.  "The Lord takes delight in his people" John 3:22-30 Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, where he spent some time with them baptizing. John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there and people came to be baptized, for John had not yet been imprisoned. Now a dispute arose between the disciples of John and a Jew about ceremonial washings. So they came to John and said to him,“Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan to whom you testified, here he is baptizing and everyone is coming to him.” John answered and said“No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said that I am not the Christ, but that I was sent before him. The one who has the bride is the bridegroom rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice So this joy of mine has been made complete He must increase; I must decrease.”

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