Likewise, as is manifest, he must always deny the Sacraments to thosewho ask for them out of hatred or contempt for religion, for to grantthem in such circumstances would be an act intrinsically evil. It is more probable that filial piety is violatedonly when the personal goods (e. Merely pretended sorrow, and sorrow which one mistakenly thinksone has, are insufficient. Thus, to offend a benefactor in some trifling matter would not bemortal, even though there be some slight contempt in the act.
, when young children answer back orspeak saucily to their parents, but without contempt) or on account ofthe lesser importance of the person offended (e. [e] The Amount of Recompense for Favors. As was said above (2497), it issometimes sinful and sometimes not sinful to encounter temptation,according to the intention and reason one h d, buthere and now, on account of human weakness, one is thinking ofindifferent things impertinent to the prayer and its purpose.
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