7), for a lie is intrinsically evil, and the end doesnot justify the means. profiteers, laborers who extortunjust wages, those who force subordinates to contribute graft, andblackmailers. If there is doubt about the fitness or capacity of thepenitent, absolution should generally be delayed; but it may be grantedconditionally for a serious reason (e. (a) It is an offering or oblation; that is, one makes a gift directlyto God Himself.
Rarely does a harlot choose her lifefrom passion or love, but is dragged in by white slavers, or entersfrom poverty, or after disgrace, or the like. God desires that the sinner assist in and consentto his own forgiveness, and repentance, as we saw, is the most suitableway in which the sinner can do this. It issinful, therefore, to resort to calumny as a defense of one's ownreputation or dignity (see 2035, 2036). be more thankful, for God ismore generous when He bestows His grace on one who deserved punishment.
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