Destruction of Jerusalem

THE GRAVITY OF SIN

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and
W/number of each paragraph in the Catechism

The Catechism says that, [1855] sin destroys and/or weakens charity in the heart of man by a violation of God's law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him. Minor sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it.

[1856] Sin, by attacking the vital principle within us - that is, charity - necessitates a new initiative of God's mercy and a conversion of heart which is normally accomplished within the setting of the sacrament of reconciliation:
When the will sets itself upon something that is of its nature incompatible with the charity that orients man toward his ultimate end, then the sin is mortal by its very object . . . whether it contradicts the love of God, such as blasphemy or perjury, or the love of neighbor, such as homicide or adultery.... But when the sinner's will is set upon something that of its nature involves a disorder, but is not opposed to the love of God and neighbor, such as thoughtless chatter or immoderate laughter and the like, such sins are venial.[130]