Sins against the Holy Spirit

I recently logged on to www.catholicpages.com/start . This is a page i check out on a regular basis to see the quote from St. Josemaria Escrivez and also check which cardinals are having birthdays, etc. The page also has a little Catholic fact each day. Today, November 21st, the little fact is about Sins against the Holy Spirit. This is something I have never truly known about, but I do know that that is a sin that cannot be forgiven, as long as one commits the sin. I just found out today some examples of this sin:

Despair of salvation
presumption of God's mercy
impugning the known truths of faith
envy at another's spiritual good
obstinacy in sin
final impenitence.

I was rather surprised in particular at the presumption of God's mercy. This to me means that we need more confession and more teaching regarding it. Many don't go to confession because they say "Oh that sin wasn't that bad and God forgives me anyway." This right there is a presumption of God's mercy. WOW! means I'm going to be double-checking myself and hitting confession more often!

The page ends the little teaching by saying: "Those guilty of such sins stubbornly resist the influence of grace and, as long as they do, cannot be forgiven."

Advent begins in a week and a half. Remember the words of John the Baptist: "BEHOLD HE IS COMING! REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOOD NEWS!" (also known as get thee to confession!)

Have a great Thanksgiving. I will be going to my beautiful girlfriend's parent's place for thanksgiving. I'm so very happy to be with a wonderful woman who is Catholic and in whom I can share my faith!

Praying for yah,