It requires a consistent, often painful,
examination of conscience with the welfare of others as well as ourselves in mind and the self - discipline not to pursue our own self - interest or pursue pleasure at the expense of others even though our survival instincts predispose us to do just that.
In these months running up to the synod on marriage and the family we can either spend our time performing mental summersaults, casuistically trying to get around the more inconvenient of the Church's teaching, or we can give ourselves over to
heartfelt examination of conscience.
• The vulgarization of popular culture and entertainment, which has so deeply wounded our politics that they've become another form of reality TV, producing a spectacle that should shame us into a
collective examination of our consciences as consumers.
His teachings on the subject combined the spiritual athleticism of William Law's Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, the Moravian emphasis on felt assurance of salvation (which Wesley extended to include sanctification), and the Puritan insistence
onminute examination of conscience coupled with sanctified action in all spheres of life.
Confession: A Roman Catholic app, thought to be the first to be approved by a church authority, walks Catholics through the sacrament and contains what the company behind the program describes as a «
personalized examination of conscience for each user».
They provide an opportunity to preach about repentance and give a
guided examination of conscience; and they can help ensure that many parishioners fulfil their Easter duties.
An «
examination of conscience for those using NFP» asks: «Have I ever gone to a seminar about NFP and actually strangled the first teaching couple to use the phrase «honeymoon effect»?
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York and president of the bishops» conference, praised the report at the conclusion of Notzon's remarks: «It was like
an an examination of conscience.»
Spend time thinking about how you have hurt other people and God (this is called
an examination of conscience)
UPDATE: Numerous readers have pointed out that the application is merely a tool for
the examination of the conscience and not an administration of the sacrament.
The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, ends his days with an exercise called
the examination of conscience, which begins with gratitude.
In some cases
an examination of conscience leads us to recognize thinks that we've done wrong, like when our arrogance, pride or impatience hurts other people.
These inner calibrations in turn demanded a highly developed philosophical exercise (askesis) of self «awareness, self «mastery, and
examination of the conscience.
This Lent,
examination of conscience should include some serious thinking about what «conscience» means.
As for blaming the ambient cultural environment for Euro - Catholicism's collapse, that's bad form, especially among those for whom learning to make
an examination of conscience was an integral part of their sacramental formation.
While I am no longer Catholic, I can understand the utility of using an app as an aid in one's
examination of conscience.
The first is
an examination of conscience that's designed to help Catholics prepare for confession before stepping into the confessional, «so you don't walk in and just start making up sins off the top of your head,» Leinen said.
It helps users do
an examination of conscience before the Sacrament and to pray afterwards.
It's called making
an examination of conscience.
This movie is like
an examination of conscience, when you stay up all night trying to figure out a way to tell the priest: I know I done wrong, but, oh, Father, what else was I gonna do?
Lopez: Is there
an examination of conscience needed for American Catholics?
Others feel that the Bar Association should make
an examination of conscience in the role the board played in this whole affair and the platform Khuong wanted to implement.