Saturday, May 27, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 295 – Part III.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Conscience is the inner voice in a man that moves him to do
good under any circumstances and to avoid evil by all means. At the same time
it is the ability to distinguish the one from the other. In the conscience God
speaks to man.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1779) It is
important for every person to be sufficiently present to himself in order to
hear and follow the voice of his conscience. This requirement of interiority is all the more necessary as
life often distracts us from any reflection, self-examination or introspection:
Return to your conscience, question it.... Turn inward, brethren, and in
everything you do, see God as your witness (St. Augustine, In ep Jo. 8, 9: PL 35, 2041).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Conscience is compared with an inner voice
in which God manifests himself in a man. God is the one who becomes apparent in
the conscience. When we say, “I cannot reconcile that with my conscience”, this
means for a Christian, “I cannot do that in the sight of my Creator!” Many
people have gone to jail or been executed because they were true to their
conscience.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1780) The dignity of the human person implies and requires uprightness of moral conscience.
Conscience includes the perception of the principles of morality (synderesis);
their application in the given circumstances by practical discernment of
reasons and goods; and finally judgment about concrete acts yet to be performed
or already performed. The truth about the moral good, stated in the law of
reason, is recognized practically and concretely by the prudent judgment of conscience. We call that man prudent who
chooses in conformity with this judgment. (CCC 1795)
"Conscience is man's most secret core, and his sanctuary. There he is alone
with God whose voice echoes in his depths" (GS 16).
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