Am I the Exception to God's Rule?
God has his commandments and everything, but aren’t there times when there can be an exception to God’s rule? Exceptionism, Fr. Mike says, is the belief that God will make an exception for you when it comes to his judgment of a certain sin. But there’s a reason why we say justice is blind, and our God is the God of justice.
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
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Show Notes
God has his commandments and everything, but aren’t there times when there are exceptions to God’s rule?
It’s a trick we’ve all tried to pull. When a particular sin is too hard for us to avoid, we say to God—or perhaps a priest—something like, “I know the Church says don’t do this thing, but in my case it’s different.”
In my case, there are obstacles that make avoiding the sin impossible. In my case, I think doing that thing is justified because of xyz, in my case … etcetera.
This is what Fr. Mike calls exceptionism (not to be confused with exceptionalism).
Exceptionism, Fr. Mike says, is the belief that God will make an exception for you when it comes to his judgment of a certain sin. There’s a reason why we say justice is blind, and our God is the God of justice.
He will always be merciful to the contrite heart, but—contrary to what many people believe today—he doesn’t make exceptions to the law he gave us.