Suicide and Sin

The Church’s teaching on suicide is more precise than people make it sound. it’s considered a grave matter because life is given by God and isn’t something neutral to take. but it also says that for a sin to fully separate a person from God there has to be full knowledge and full consent, and in cases like this those are often not fully present. severe distress, mental illness, fear, pressure, confusion, all of that can limit how freely a person is acting. so the Church does not say that people who die like that are automatically condemned. it says we do not know their responsibility, and we entrust them to God’s mercy, because He sees more than just the act itself that part makes sense when i look at it like that, but it also leaves something open that i don’t know how to place because if responsibility can be reduced, then what does it mean to be fully there when something happens, how much of a person has to be present for something to count completely, and how much can be missing…