Sentence examples for committed a mortal from inspiring English sources

On December 4 , 1987 I committed a mortal sin.

One of the priests asked me why I was leaving, and I told him I had committed a mortal sin".

By letting Fabre have his way, the company's artistic director, Robert Denvers, has committed a mortal sin.

Pro basketball, which after all was in the entertainment business, had committed a mortal sin: it had become boring.

Angelica, an expert herbalist, takes a fatal potion but then, in panic, fearing that she has committed a mortal sin, begs the Virgin Mother for forgiveness.

Or as Beverly wails to Fay, "How do I tell my parents that I have committed a mortal sin?" Beverly shows talent as a writer, so she decides to break the news of her pregnancy in a letter.

The editorial accused Mr. Keating of "in effect calling all Catholics in a diocese to commit a mortal sin".

"For a church-appointed leader to publicly orchestrate a kind of protest that would call for the faithful to stop contributions or, worse, to boycott Sunday Mass -- in effect calling all Catholics in a diocese to commit a mortal sin -- is just surreal," the editorial said.

"Catholics who miss mass without a good excuse commit a mortal sin; many Catholics who can't make it to mass worry about that.

The Dominicans had been the first to indict the encomenderos, and they continued to chastise them and refuse the absolution of confession to slave owners, and even stated that priests who took their confession were committing a mortal sin.

In short, you commit a mortal sin (very bad), and major sins which can be avoided are important while waiting to become Catholic.