Just Following "My Conscience"
All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
Ascension
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How do we know if we are truly making the right moral decisions? Our conscience affects all kinds of decisions we make in life- from the shows we watch to the way we vote and everything in between. Today, Dr. Sri explains the Catholic view on conscience and emphasizes the importance of forming it according to God’s plan.
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Our conscience is not just a vague feeling, it is the very voice of God echoing in our hearts and minds that propels us towards the good and the truth.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life. |
| 0:07.0 | In our conscience we hear the voice of God. Have you heard that voice in your conscience? |
| 0:21.0 | Maybe you're getting ready to do something or say something or watch |
| 0:24.4 | something and then there's a part of you saying oh maybe I shouldn't do that. Maybe a good |
| 0:30.0 | Christian wouldn't do that. Or maybe you have an exchange with your spouse. You say something or do something and afterwards you feel a little guilty. I say, I maybe I shouldn't have said that. I don't think I treated her well. I wonder if I should say sorry |
| 0:45.0 | These are wonderful moments where we really meet God deeply in our souls. Do we listen to our conscience and follow God's guidance. But we also know that some people, even |
| 0:57.5 | Christians, might use the word conscience very loosely and allow their conscience to lead them in ways that are not good. |
| 1:06.8 | Maybe there's a Christian that says, you know, well, you know, I sleep with my girlfriend and, |
| 1:10.2 | you know, but we love each other and I don't think Jesus minds you know this isn't that big of a deal my conscience doesn't bother me I don't feel guilty about this so it must be fine or maybe maybe you know someone that's run off with another woman, you know, left his wife and kids behind. |
| 1:25.9 | He just said, yeah, my marriage was really complicated. |
| 1:27.8 | It was really hard. |
| 1:28.8 | There was a lot of tension. |
| 1:29.9 | And God just wants me to be happy. Surely he wants me to be happy and I found this other woman so God's fine with this. |
| 1:36.4 | I don't feel guilty about it. I'm just following my conscience. |
| 1:39.8 | Maybe you know someone, a Catholic at your your parish that wants to vote for a |
| 1:44.6 | certain political candidate that's pro-abortion whose policies are gonna build a |
| 1:49.3 | culture of death even more in our civilization. A candidate that might be really against a lot of |
| 1:55.8 | traditional views of marriage and family life. And yet this person says, oh, but I just don't |
| 2:00.9 | like the other candidate. I don't like the other candidate's personality or I like this candidate's personality more. |
| 2:06.4 | I just feel good about this candidate. |
| 2:08.0 | I'm just following my conscience. |
| 2:12.1 | What is conscience exactly is it and what responsibility do I have to follow it? |
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