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Lesson 8: Feelings and the Well-Formed Conscience
A well-formed conscience helps us make good decisions, in spite of how we might initially feel.
A well-formed conscience helps us make good decisions, in spite of how we might initially feel.
When we use our free will to choose evil, we sin.
We often feel drawn to make selfish choices, because of Original Sin. This is called temptation.
God’s mercy is infinite.
Mercy is love that continues even when it is rejected.
Virtues help us be receptive to God’s grace.
Jesus inaugurates the Kingdom of God on earth because He founded the Catholic Church during His earthly life.
Jesus gave His Apostles authority to heal as He healed and to forgive sins as He forgave sins.
God shows His mercy in many ways, but most powerfully in the forgiveness of sins.
God will always welcome us back and forgive our sins if we are truly sorry for them.
An Examination of Conscience helps us to think about how we have sinned so that we may prepare to make a good Confession.
Baptism is necessary for salvation from sin.
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation gives Christians a way back to relationship with God when they stray from the narrow path.
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation helps us overcome venial sins and is necessary for the forgiveness of mortal sins.
The universal call to holiness is the vocation of every human person; God calls each of us to be holy as He is holy, that is, to be saints.