Conscience is a law of the mind; yet Christians would not grant that it is nothing more; I mean that it was not a dictate, nor conveyed the notion of responsibility, of duty, of a threat and a promise.

Conscience is a messenger of him, who, both in nature and in grace, speaks to us behind a veil, and teaches and rules us by his representatives.

Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ, return to your conscience and question it. Turn inward, brethren, and in everything you do, see God as your witness.

We shall reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

One may never do evil so that good may result from it, because the Golden Rule is that, whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them, because charity always proceed by way of respect for one’s neighbor and his conscience; “Thus sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience, you sin against Christ. Therefore “it is right not to do anything that makes your brother stumble.

The more a correct conscience prevails, the more do persons and groups turn aside from blind choice and try to be guided by objective standards of moral conduct.

To live well is nothing than to love God with all one’s heart, with one’s soul and with all one’s efforts; from this it comes about that love is kept whole and un-corrupted (through temperance). No misfortune can disturb it (and this is fortitude). It obeys only [God] (and this is justice), and is careful in discerning things, so as not to be surprised by deceit or trickery (and this is prudence).

Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience makes doubtful what is certain, and turns a very short time into long one. Dream that the more you struggle, the more you prove that you bear your God, and the more you will rejoice one day with your beloved, in happiness and rapture that can never end.

The Apostle Paul has given an incomparable depiction of charity: “charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Charity does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoice in the right. Charity bears all things, believes all things and endures all things.

If we turn away from evil out of fear of punishment, we are in the position of slaves. If we pursue the enticement of wages, we resemble mercenaries. And again, if we obey for the sake of the good itself and out of love for him who commands, we are in the position of children.

Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is a goal; that is why we run: we run towards it and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.

Let your good spirit lead me on a level path. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. If children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.

Conversion requires convincing of sin; it includes the interior judgment of conscience, and this, being a proof of the action of the Spirit in man’s inmost being, becomes at the same time the start of a new grant of grace and love: “receive the Holy Spirit”. Thus in this “convincing concerning sin” we discover a double gift: the gift of the truth of the conscience and the gift of the certainty of redemption. The Spirit of truth is the consoler.

When the will sets itself upon something that is of its nature incompatible with the charity that orients man towards his ultimate end, then the sin is mortal by its very object, whether it contradicts the love of God, such as blasphemy or perjury, or the love of neighbor, such as homicide or adultery. But when the sinners will is set upon something that of its nature involves a disorder, but is not opposed to the love of God and neighbor, such as thoughtless chatter or immoderate laughter and the like, such sins are venial.

While he is in the flesh, man cannot help but have at least some light sins. But do not despise these sins which we call “light”: if you take them for light when you weigh them, tremble when you count them. A number of light objects make’s a great mass: a number of drops fills a river; a number of grains makes a heap. What then is our hope? Above all, is confession!

Sin is a personal act. Moreover, we have responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them, by participating directly and voluntarily by ordering, advising, praising or approving them. We have responsibility for the sins committed by others by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so; and by protecting evil-doers. The Catechism Of The Catholic Church (CCC).

I urge you to listen to your conscience, sin no more and God will see you through by crowning your efforts with a great success.