But the lightest penalty allowed bythe law should be imposed in such a case. --Ifthere is a just reason (e. Likewise liberality is not due, but it shows a better disposition as tomoney and other temporal goods to be willing to distribute them toothers willingly and generously. , virtue and a worthy life--than to possess honor and famethemselves, for goodness is always a blessing, but prosperity is notunfrequently a real misfortune.
--Persons who haveexpressed a grave curse against a neighbor are sometimes in doubtwhether there was enough ill-will in the curse to make it a mortal sin. (b) Useful, but not necessary, dispositions are freedom from venialsins, especially such as are deliberate, and freedom from affection forvenial sins. Charity does not oblige to works of almsgiving, if theinconvenience to the donor is out of proportion to the distress fromwhich the donee is rescued (see 1158). Disputed Cases.
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