Conscience and Sin: Daily Meditations for Lent, Including Week-days and Sundays

Chapter 2: Preface.

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This collection of daily Lenten meditations examines conscience and sin, defining conscience as the inner faculty applying God's law and detailing its operation before, during, and after actions. It classifies types of conscience (direct, false, scrupulous, relaxed, doubtful), analyzes the nature, sources, and gravity of sin including original and actual sin, and considers conditions that mitigate or aggravate guilt. The text treats free will, the roots and effects of the deadly vices, and the sacrifice of Christ, concluding with practical moral guidance and rules of conduct aimed at promoting spiritual progress during Lent.

Preface.

It is advisable that all should have a clear understanding as to the nature of Conscience, the dangers to which Conscience is liable, the Nature of Sin, and the Effects of Sin. Too many people go on easily from day to day making no spiritual advance, because they do not know what ails their Consciences, do not even suspect that their Consciences are ailing, and so make no effort to escape from their unsatisfactory condition. It is hoped that this little book of meditations may be of use to such.