, for aid in thecommission of sin, for gifts offered with purpose of bribery or simony)or useless (e. --(a) The Time forRestitution. of minorimportance); but one may be excused from guilt, or grave guilt, onaccount of imperfection of act (e. God is not only a merciful Father, but also ajust Ruler, and it is fitting that He should exact satisfaction evenfor sin forgiven.
, to hear or read about an obscene act is fartherremoved from it, and hence less seductive, than to see it in picture orreality). , by requiring the penitent to say the Rosary whilehearing Sunday Mass, by obliging him to hear Mass on Sunday and also tosay a few prayers after the Mass). (b) The matter must be united with the form, and hence contrition mustbe elicited at the moment of absolution, or a s ctrine that would makethe position of every ruler unsafe, since there are always persons whothink they are victims of persecution.
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