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- The scrupulous person suffers from a chronic tendency to see sin where there is none and to be weighed down by an overly distrustful approach to life. It is someone who cannot help but question himself and thereby become paralyzed by the possibility that he might be doing something that offends God.
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C.S. Lewis saw this move from desiring to demanding decency as the beginning of some Christian forms of piety: “From this buoyant humility, this farewell to the self with all its good resolutions, anxiety, scruples, and motive-scratchings, all the Protestant doctrines originally sprang. For it must be clearly understood that they were at first doct...
Many in that holy cloud have taken up the problem of scrupulosity because many of them struggled with it. At the end of his famed Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius of Loyola provides six notes on what he calls “perceiving and understanding scruples and persuasions of our enemy.” In the first three rules, Ignatius expresses the classical notion that...
Ignatius concludes this short guide against scruples by quoting St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who yelled at the devil whenever he detected any sinful proclivity creeping into his holy desires and actions: “I did not undertake this because of you, and I am not going to relinquish it because of you!” Mixed motives are of course not ideal, but neither can...
First and foremost, serious sin has to be conscious and deliberate: “Mortal sin requires full knowledge and complete consent. It presupposes knowledge of the sinful character of the act, of its opposition to God’s law. It also implies a consent sufficiently deliberate to be a personal choice. Feigned ignorance and hardness of heart do not diminish,...
Of course, rules, disciplines, and prayers can be magnificent ways unto the face of God, but the scrupulous will tend to gauge their growth in holiness by external religiosity, “Did I say my rosary today?” “Did the priest say that word correctly?” “Did I say my Divine Office?”, and so on. We can all think of a time we “said our prayers” but did not...
Consider a loving mother who rightly insists on good behavior from her children. She invites company to the house one afternoon, and the kids use the opportunity to act up. As their mother is correcting them, she has a pang of guilt that she is chastising her children in part so that she looks like a responsible parent in front of her friends. At t...
Aug 24, 2023 · Doubt is not a sin when it leads us to greater faith; an honest wrestling with the truth can result in a stronger, more mature commitment to Christ. Skepticism that is at least willing to be convinced allows God to do great things. We see this in the case of St. Bartholomew, also known as Nathanael.
Sep 14, 2019 · We may all encounter those who are religiously “self-righteous” at times. This is an ugly sin and one that should not sit well with us. The problem is that those who are self-righteous are often times also intimidating and oppressive. Those who condemn others in the name of God are hard to confront.
Apr 5, 2022 · According to the APA, self-worth is defined as: “an individual’s evaluation of himself or herself as a valuable, capable human being deserving of respect and consideration. Positive feelings of self-worth tend to be associated with a high degree of self-acceptance and self-esteem”.
Dec 3, 2019 · If one is in practical doubt (i.e., has a doubt of conscience) as to whether or not some action one is contemplating is sinful, one should gain moral certainty that it is not sinful before...
At its core, the Bible offers a profound message on self-doubt: that through trust in God, consistent prayer, and application of biblical teachings, we can overcome any feelings of uncertainty and step into the fullness of God’s plan for us.
