Accepting Sinfulness

It seems to me that today people accept sin.  They feel as if they are entitled to whatever makes them happy and will do whatever they want to get it with no remorse or concern for others.

We look up towards celebrities, politicians and athletes knowing that most of them have faults.  They may be cheating on a spouse, problems with the law or using drugs.  The list could go on from there.

I realize I am  generalizing here. I'm not saying everyone is like this but our culture does not seem to have the morality it one did.  We just accept behaviors that 100 years ago would have been condoned.

I have been reading C.S. Lewis lately.  He is most famous for “The Chronicles of Narnia,” but he also wrote much about what it means to be a Christian.  At some point he stated that if people are accepting of sin and commit sin without remorse, there is no need for a Savior, no need for Jesus, who died for our sins.

So what can we do to change the culture of selfishness and sin we face today?  We need to carefully choose the people we look up to.  We can read about strong, moral people in history.

We need to realize that none of us is perfect and we all sin.  But when we do we need to show remorse.  As a Catholic we need to confess our sins.

Mother Teresa (now a Saint) went to confession weekly.  I'm quite sure a nun who devoted her life to the poor in India sinned way less than I.  So if she felt the need to confess her sins weekly, is it too much to ask for me to go to confession more often?