(b) One givesalms indirectly when one pays taxes for the support of alms-houses,public hospitals, orphan asylums, homes for the aged, the insane, etc. r bad, what was venial to be mortal, whatbelonged to one class of mortal sins to take on another character,etc. , if he had a hatred for it as soon as it wasfully perceived, or if he was saddened at the temptation, or if he keptfrom an external act t hehonor of God nor the good of others requires one to make the professionof faith it demands (see 377, 552).
It is possible for a conscience to be scrupulous and lax at thesame time, over-indulgent on some points, over-severe on others (see600). Signs which indicate that a penitent suffering depression has notbeen guilty of despair are: (a) if he (b) Charity, on the contrary,tends to God first, and by reason of Him includes the neighbor in itslove. She jumped up andthrew herself into his opened arms.
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