Sin and Its Consequences

Sin is never small, private, or inconsequential. In these uncompromising sermons, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning examines sin as Scripture and the Church understand it: a rupture in the soul that distorts reason, weakens the will, and darkens the path to God. With clarity and precision, he traces sin’s effects through conscience, habit, judgment, and eternity itself. This is moral theology, Dear Reader, spoken with the urgency of a pastor—intended not to accuse, but to awaken. Manning writes...