Nakokonsensya Ako I Am Confused. What Will I Do?

Nakokonsensya ako………I am
confused. What will I do?
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The statement are some of what we often hear
in reference to conscience. We are often
confronted with choices and we make many
decisions, some of which usually confront us: to
wake up early to catch up with your online
classes or wake to wake late anyway your online
class can wait. To be honest in answering online
activities or just to ask the answers of your
classmates; to follow health protocols or not; to
attend Sunday Mass or not.
Many of these of choices and decisions we make
are routine. Sometimes we just follow or do it if
we are being watched or observed.
But what should drive us in doing what is right?
Let us go back to the question posted on the last
lesson.
What is your own judgment ?
A starving boy stole a piece of bread for him to
eat. Did the boy sin against the seventh
commandment-“You shall not steal”?Why?Why
not?
You have your own judgment on this issue. But
how should we give judgment?
The basic question to ask is:
how can we know whether what we did is good or evil?

Is it based on law?

As it has been misunderstood, we have to clarify that no law applies itself. Meaning
there is a need to interpret the law in relation to particular act.
As to example, a boy who stole a piece of bread that he might fill his stomach and
free himself from starving, may or may not commit sin (not an evil act).
The law simply states objective moral norm of the act of stealing. But, whether the
act is against the law and the value that it protects, it has to be judged by the
conscience.
No law applies itself. How is law applied now? It is through our conscience.
“Conscience applies the objective moral norms to our particular acts” (CFC, 701).
It “ acts as our personal moral norm for discerning good and evil.” (CCC1776)
What is CONSCIENCE?
The Big Question: How do we live a truly
Christian conscience pleasing to God and
favorable to our community in loving service
to all?
• SACRED SCRIPTURE
• Recognizing the work of Conscience (Read or watch)
• The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
• 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus
told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax
collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other
people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a
tenth of all I get.’
• 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his
breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
• 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who
exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
•
• Read and understand the explanation of the lesson on page 42-43 Afire with Gratitude (textbook)
CHURCH TEACHING
Understanding Human Conscience
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
• 1776 "Deep within his conscience man discovers a law
which he has not laid upon himself but which he must
obey. Its voice, ever calling him to love and to do what is
good and to avoid evil, sounds in his heart at the right
moment. . . . For man has in his heart a law inscribed by
God. . . . His conscience is man's most secret core and his
sanctuary. There he is alone with God whose voice echoes
in his depths."47
• 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).
• 1796 Conscience is a judgment of reason by
which the human person recognizes the
moral quality of a concrete act.
• 1797 For the man who has committed evil,
the verdict of his conscience remains a
pledge of conversion and of hope.
• 1798 A well-formed conscience is upright and
truthful. It formulates its judgments
according to reason, in conformity with the
true good willed by the wisdom of the
Creator. Everyone must avail himself of the
means to form his conscience.
• 1799 Faced with a moral choice, conscience can
make either a right judgment in accordance with
reason and the divine law or, on the contrary, an
erroneous judgment that departs from them.
• 1800 A human being must always obey the certain
judgment of his conscience.
• 1801 Conscience can remain in ignorance or make
erroneous judgments. Such ignorance and errors
are not always free of guilt.
• 1802 The Word of God is a light for our path. We
must assimilate it in faith and prayer and put it into
practice. This is how moral conscience is formed.
LEVELS OF CONSCIENCE
• Instinctive or Instructiveo At this level, an act is judged as
good if it is rewarded, and evil if it is punished. Good :
Rewarded Bad : PUNISMENT
• Ethical or Moral: At this level, a person begins to realize that
the goodness or evilness of an act does not depend on the
approval or disapproval of others or on the prospect of a
reward or punishment. At this level, a person begins to
understand that particular acts uphold universal human values,
regardless of whether the act is met with approval or criticism.
• Christian or Religious: At this stage individuals begin to see
their moral acts as a response of faith to God – to do what is
good and to live the fullness of a graced life. Persons with a
Christian conscience judge as act to be good or evil based on
the teachings, the life, and the perfect example of Jesus
Christ.(Read and understand the explanation of Conscience according to the
Church Teaching on page 44-46 Afire with Gratitude (textbook}

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