Put all our faults, sins into God's hands for forgiveness
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Q. I think I understand mortal sin, but what is venial sin exactly?
A bit of history about the Church's attitude toward sin should help you understand the answer to your question.
In the beginning of Christianity, apart from those based mainly on the natural law (the Ten Commandments, for example), one sin was particularly identified as the big one: abandoning one's faith in Christ because of fear or pain or death.
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