Journal on the Catechism of the Catholic Church

This week we learned about and read from the Catechism. We mostly dealt with Catholic morality. One of the main parts of this is the conscience and the developement of it. In considering the morality of an action, there are three things to take into account. First is the act itself. The second is the intention of the act, and finally the circumstances involved.    Thne we discussed the immoral acts. We talked about how if someone goes against his or her conscience, he or she is going against a key part of him- or herself. For an action to be a sin it must be done knowingly, deliberately, and with one's free will.

Three things I learned from this section that I want to remember are:    That rules of morality that always apply are the Golden rule, one may not do evil so that good may result from it, and that one should always move towards charity and love. These three rules are really basic and yet profound when you think about them. Good springs from love and charity, and the Golden rule is simple for the way to treat one another.      Another thing is that the belief of freedom, is freedom to not from. An example of this is the freedom to speak one's mind, not the freedom from censorship. This is an interesting to think about.      The third thing I want to remember, is that we are obligated to follow our consciences. This also means that we must properly form them. This means we should try to find out and absorb the distinctions between right and wrong.

Why is it, that although we know an action is immoral and our conscience tells us so, we still commit immoral actions?

One way I can become a better person of faith is by reflecting on what I feel is right and wrong and then compare them to other belifs I hold.

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