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crosses	Katie	Monday, September 1, 2008
Question: I have another quick question. A priest was talking about carrying our crosses at church. I find the idea comforting and it gives me courage. I was wondering if the consequences of our bad choices/sins are also crosses or is it just stuff like like cancer or a child with a disability which would mostly not be the result of your choices. On the other hand, we have the murderer who must spend his life in jail (a life of isolation and loneliness which he must endure for his sin) and a more commonplace example would be a person who goes into a lot of debt by unwise financial decisions(a life filled with complications and shame) or a person who gets AIDS by living a sinful lifestyle.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Katie: Carrying one's Cross will refer to carrying hardships that are beyond our control, such as disease and disability AND carrying the hardships of the consequences of our sin after we are forgiven for that sin. For the murderer, he can be forgiven and returned to a State of Grace. But, he will still suffer the consequences of sin. Those consequences become a Cross he must carry. The same goes for any other sin in which the consequences linger on way past the time the person is forgiven for the sin. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Katie

Monday, September 1, 2008

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I have another quick question. A priest was talking about carrying our crosses at church. I find the idea comforting and it gives me courage.

I was wondering if the consequences of our bad choices/sins are also crosses or is it just stuff like like cancer or a child with a disability which would mostly not be the result of your choices.

On the other hand, we have the murderer who must spend his life in jail (a life of isolation and loneliness which he must endure for his sin) and a more commonplace example would be a person who goes into a lot of debt by unwise financial decisions(a life filled with complications and shame) or a person who gets AIDS by living a sinful lifestyle.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Katie:

Carrying one's Cross will refer to carrying hardships that are beyond our control, such as disease and disability AND carrying the hardships of the consequences of our sin after we are forgiven for that sin.

For the murderer, he can be forgiven and returned to a State of Grace. But, he will still suffer the consequences of sin. Those consequences become a Cross he must carry. The same goes for any other sin in which the consequences linger on way past the time the person is forgiven for the sin.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum.
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Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum
Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum
Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum