Is venial sin ever actually the right thing to do?

[Paphnutius]

[quote name='Cam42' date='Nov 28 2005, 08:30 AM']I am sure that someone will comment and explain further, however, double effect applies only when the circumstances are grave.  And the criteria must be very metered, that is to say, they are very limited.
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Anyway I would say that principle of double effect would not apply for a litrugical abuse is wrong by its nature. I am not sure if that is where Cam was headed with this but that is what I came up with real quick.

[Ziggamafu]

Huh? Are you saying that complying with a liturgical abuse is a grave matter? That seems obviously venial...and I don't recall anything in the CCC that states otherwise...

Which is better? To disrupt Mass and scandalize a dissident parish by shoving chairs out of the way and getting people to move so you have room to kneel OR standing/sitting respectfully and prayerfully as a reluctant alternative?

[Ziggamafu]

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[Paphnutius]

[quote name='Ziggamafu' date='Nov 29 2005, 09:46 AM']Huh? Are you saying that complying with a liturgical abuse is a grave matter? That seems obviously venial...and I don't recall anything in the CCC that states otherwise...

Which is better? To disrupt Mass and scandalize a dissident parish by shoving chairs out of the way and getting people to move so you have room to kneel OR standing/sitting respectfully and prayerfully as a reluctant alternative?
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No I did not mean that it is necessarily a grave matter.

[avemaria40]

I don't think it is the right thing to do, although it certainly is not grave matter, it's just not reccommended.