CONSCIENCE

Acting With Christ

Defining Conscience

Man’s Rational Nature

Natural Inclinations

A Habit of Mind

Definition of Conscience

”For man has in his heart a law inscribed by God. His dignity lies in observing this law and by it he will be judged. His conscience is man’s most secret core and his sanctuary. There he is alone with God whose voice echoes in his depths.” (Vatican II)

Forming the Conscience

• divine law• natural

law• civil law

Magisterium

A Bad Conscience

”…it often happens that conscience goes astray through ignorance…This cannot be said of the man who takes little trouble to find out what is true or good or when conscience by degrees is almost blinded through the habit of committing sin.”(Vatican II)

Consulting One’s Conscience

Ignorance Due to Negligence

Willed Ignorance

Non-Culpable Ignorance

Keeping the Conscience Strong

Sound and Lax Conscience

Bad Habits

Dangers of a Lax Conscience

Heaven

Hell

Hell: A Choice

Sin

Mortal & Venial Sin

Conditions for Mortal Sin

• Seriously evil action• performed with full knowledge• performed with full consent

A Synthesis

Eternal Law

Christ is the Eternal Law

Conscience: Image of the Son

Sin Kills Christ

Activity of the Holy Spirit

Repentance

Keep Walking

Your Choice

Perfect Happiness

Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide?

Starting From Scratch

Dark Ages II

Other Conferences1997: Christ Reveals Man to Himself

• Jesus Christ: Revelation of God’s Love• The Culture of Life vs. the Culture of Death• Life in Christ

1998: The Holy Spirit Completing the Mission of God Through the Church

• The Holy Spirit and the Church• Women in the Church• The Family as the Domestic Church

1999: God, Father & Creator• The Fatherhood of God• Religion and Science• Thy Kingdom Come on Earth