"I may as well sin or do something less perfect, as I can't be a saint, anyway." Have you heard this before from a fellow Catholic? A person who was tempted to do something less than perfect in her life said this thought came into her mind when contemplating the deed. It was not actually a sin she was going to commit, but she was going to enact something less than perfect. She was thinking of compromising herself in a situation which would have caused her to do something imperfect.
She decided against the action. It would not have been "wrong", as she noted, but she took the higher moral ground and did not follow this thought.
Temptations to imperfections happen daily. The evil one wants us to believe that we cannot be saints and leads us to ideas, then actions, which are, indeed, less than perfect.
Examples?
Not going to local Adoration just because it takes time...
Buying something unnecessary for the house when one has all one needs...
Buying an expensive car, when one could get a less expensive one...
Saying no to a date, when you know that you would not marry that person...in other words, not using someone for a temporary relationship....
Choosing the best of anything, best shoes, best clothes-brands just because one can...
Having expensive parties for someone else instead of something modest...I know a woman who wasted thousands of dollars on a birthday party for her husband who was upset at the cost....
And so on..
Sometimes imperfections can reveal a sin, and one's predominant fault. Looking at patterns in one's life help one to see those predominant faults. Temptations to imperfections can be avoided by choosing a simplicity of lifestyle.
Just some thoughts from a comment....today.
