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When\u00a0you attack\u00a0your predominant sin,\u00a0you cut the head off the snake.<\/span> <\/p>\nOr you blow up the Queen with the Dr. Device and all the\u00a0buggers die with her.\u00a0You break the White Witch\u2019s wand and she\u2019s powerless.\u00a0You capture Robert E. Lee to win the war. You destroy VIKI with the Nanites and all the robots stop killing people. You burn the headless necks of the Hydra so no heads will grow back.\u00a0Or\u2026now that you know I can reference other things\u2026resist\u2026resist\u2026ALRIGHT FINE, YOU DESTROY THE RING AND SAURON GOES WITH IT!<\/p><\/div>\n
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Ahem, anyhow. What\u2019s great is that every sin has its mighty destroyer, one of the ever-badass moral virtues. Humility kicks pride; generosity dropkicks greed; chastity\u00a0puts the reigns on\u00a0lust; meekness\u00a0gives anger a wind-up slap; temperance\u00a0K.O\u2019s gluttony; brotherly love\u00a0just confuses\u00a0envy, and diligence\u00a0gives sloth a fist\u00a0in the face, like Neo serves up in the above clip. (Bet you were wondering how it\u2019d apply.) I apologize if I sound blithe or flippant\u00a0in my writing, but this is the exciting stuff. Sinning is awful, confession can be grueling, but this is actively planning to fight sin, and we should rejoice that we can do it. The devil, more than anything, hates to be laughed at. If we can marshal the courage to do that, to laugh in his face while we strike at him, when we strike at our predominant sins,
then we will do him the full damage of an old-school exorcism.<\/span>\u00a0So, find your predominant sin, right now.<\/div>\nWhat sin do you find yourself confessing the most? What sin is the hardest to resist? Really, honestly, think about what it is. It may seem some sins don\u2019t fit. For instance,\u00a0despair and hopelessness aren\u2019t on the Big Seven. But it only takes a little thought to realize that despair is rooted in pride, in the thought that God isn\u2019t as great as your doubt. So what is it? I\u2019m asking for your anonymous answer here, because knowing what people are struggling with the most will help BadCatholic write, and because I find it helps to admit to it, even anonymously.<\/p>\n
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