Venial sin weakens charity; it manifests a disordered affection for created goods; it impedes the soul's progress in the exercise of the virtues and the practice of the moral good; it merits temporal punishment.Reflection: We should always prefer God to the things he has created. But as we drift away from God, we become more and more self-centered and our desires slide lower and lower on the scale until mere things become more important to us than even the people we love.
- CCC No. 1863
Prayer: Father, help us to prefer you over everything else.
From: Day by Day with the Catechism (Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New York)
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