Satan's Arsenal"The Seven Deadly Sins"

1)The SIN of PRIDE:
Pride is the "mother of all sins" and is the cause of every other sin. Pride is an excessive self-love.

Examples of Pride:
* Boasting
* Arrogance
* Inordinate exaltation of oneself
* The total rejection of the Catholic Church.
* Stating one is already saved.
* Picking and choosing Catholic teachings one wishes to follow.

2) The SIN of GREED:
Greed wants to get its " fair share" and much more.The unquenchable desire for money or material possessions.

Examples of Greed:
* The love of money
* Obsessive consumerism
* Living beyond ones means
* Mothers & Fathers who neglect the responsibilities of family in pursuit of money or career.

3) The SIN of ENVY:
Envy resents the good others receive or even might receive. Envy also delights when misfortune strikes another.

Examples of Envy:
* Joy at another’s misfortune
* The envy of an others spiritual life.
* Desire the possessions of someone else.

4) The SIN of ANGER:
Anger can be used to abuse people and destroy things. It can also inwardly destroy the person who chooses to become angry. Such uses of anger are sinful. Anger that is honest and is directed for good and only toward those who are responsible for wrong doing is praiseworthy such as,when Christ was angry with the money lenders at the temple.

Examples of Anger:
* Anger with God
* Blasphemy in thought or deed
* Desiring the death of anyone.
* Harboring thoughts of hatred or revenge.

5) The SIN of LUST:
Any selfish sex devoid of the desire for procreation. Lustful thoughts and desires that are perverted. Finally, any sexual act outside the confines of marriage.

Examples of Lust:
* Adultery
* Fornication
* Pornography and immodest entertainment
* Masturbation
* Contraception
* Sodomy
* Homosexual Acts

6) The SIN of GLUTTONY:
Gluttony is the excessive love or abuse of food, drink, or drugs.

Examples of Gluttony:
* Intoxication or Drug Abuse
* Drinking or eating to an excessive degree
* Excessive preoccupation with gourmet food.
* The use of certain food or drink against the serious warnings of a doctor.

7) The SIN of SLOTH:
Spiritual and physical laziness. Sloth makes one selfish and self-centered.

Examples of Sloth:
* Failing to work when one is able.
* Spending useless time planted before the T.V. or computer.
* Too busy with material occupations to go to Mass, confess ones sins, or even pray.