Am I the Exception to God's Rule?

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
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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.

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