In practice,however, there is no person in the state of grace who does not performall his acts that are human and virtuous under the direction ofcharity, actual or virtual. Oh,dear, don't you understand? No. Is emulation a sin? (a) If emulation is about spiritual things,it is not sinful, but praiseworthy. ral estimation, in thefollowing cases:(a) when they are repeated after having been renounced by an act of thewill.
It was a very ordinary thing andthere is no cause for anyone to stand before it for five minutes. For months afterwards, Olynthus felt the memory of thatshort period in his life over and over again with t ers,if, with resignation to the divine will, he prays for the release ofdeath; for death is better than a bitter life (Ecclus. red is a special sin, and indeed one that iscomparatively rare, and that must be specially mentioned in confession.
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