e chief effects of habitual drunkenness?
A. Habitual drunkenness injures the body, weakens the mind, leads its
victim into many vices and exposes him to the danger of dying in a state
of mortal sin.

Q. 308. What three sins seem to cause most evil in the world?
A. Drunkenness, dishonesty and impurity seem to cause most evil in the
world, and they are therefore to be carefully avoided at all times.

Q. 309. What is envy?
A. Envy is a feeling of sorrow at another's good fortune and joy at the
evil which befalls him; as if we ourselves were injured by the good and
benefited by the evil that comes to him.

Q. 310. What effect has envy on the soul?
A. Envy begets in the soul a want of charity for our neighbor and
produces a spirit of detraction, back-biting and slander.

Q. 311. What is sloth?
A. Sloth is a laziness of the mind and body, through which we neglect
our duties on account of the labor they require.

Q. 312. What effect has sloth upon the soul?
A. Sloth begets in the soul a spirit of indifference in our spiritual
duties and a disgust for prayer.

Q. 313. Why are the seven sources of sin called capital sins?
A. The seven sources of sin are called capital sins because they rule
over our other sins and are the causes of them.

Q. 314. What do we mean by our predominant sin or ruling passion?
A. By our predominant sin, or ruling passion, we mean the sin into which
we fall most frequently and which we find it hardest to resist.

Q. 315. How can we best overcome our sins?
A. We can best overcome our sins by guarding against our predominant or
ruling sin.

Q. 316. Should we give up trying to be good when we seem not to succeed
in overcoming our faults?
A. We should not give up trying to be good when we seem not to succeed
in overcoming our faults, because our efforts to be good will keep us
from becoming worse than we are.

Q. 317. What virtues are opposed to the seven capital sins?
A. Humility is opposed to pride; generosity to covetousness; chastity to
lust; meekness to anger; temperance to gluttony; brotherly love to envy,
and diligence to sloth.

LESSON SEVENTH.
ON THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION.

Q. 318. What does "incarnation" mean, and what does "redemption" mean?
A. "Incarnation" means the act of clothing with flesh. Thus Our Lord
clothed His divinity with a human body. "Redemption" means to buy back
again.

Q. 319. {60} Did God abandon man after he fell into sin?
A. God did not abandon