Those propounding this idea of «conscience» urge us to recognize three things: that the spiritual and moral life is a journey; that when the Church teaches that some things are just
wrong and no combination of
intentions and consequences can make them right, the Church is proposing an «ideal» to which the most «generous» response may not always be
possible; and that confessors and spiritual directors should be compassionate and discerning guides along the often rocky pathways of the moral life.