Conscience: Why We Run From It | Archbishop Fulton Sheen - Life Is Worth Living Ep. 2 (HD)

Conscience: Why We Run From It | Archbishop Fulton Sheen - Life Is Worth Living Ep. 2

Why does conscience trouble us? What makes humans different from animals in our ability to feel guilt, tension, and moral unease? Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen explores the mysterious voice within that we cannot escape—our conscience.

In this powerful 1960s message, Archbishop Sheen examines:
✓ What conscience is and where it comes from
✓ Why we feel tension between what we are and what we ought to be
✓ Common ways people try to escape conscience (alcohol, pessimism, hypercriticism)
✓ How Shakespeare understood conscience in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
✓ The relationship between moral guilt and skepticism/atheism
✓ Why conscience is like a government with three branches
✓ How returning to conscience brings peace

This is Episode 2 from the legendary "Life Is Worth Living" series - timeless wisdom on the human condition.

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📖 KEY QUOTE:

"Conscience is that which makes you feel good after doing right, and wrong is that which makes you feel bad after. The door is opened from the inside."
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

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⏱️ CHAPTERS:


0:00 - Opening: Peace Be to You
0:40 - The Theatrical Man's Story
2:15 - "Get Rid of That Chorus Girl"
3:20 - Covering Up Conscience
4:25 - The Unbearable Repartee
5:30 - What Makes Humans Different from Animals
6:50 - Self-Reflection and Tension
8:10 - No Rooster Has an Oedipus Complex
9:20 - Why Conscience Troubles Us
10:30 - Escape Mechanisms: Pills, Alcohol, Pessimism
12:00 - Hypercriticism and Judging Others
13:20 - Abraham Lincoln's Hospital Story
14:40 - Shakespeare's Macbeth Introduction
16:10 - Macbeth's Psychosis: Ghost of Banquo
17:30 - "Out, Out Brief Candle" - Skepticism from Guilt
18:40 - Lady Macbeth's Neurosis and Hand-Washing
19:50 - The Young Woman and the Confession Story
21:10 - The Three Branches of Conscience
22:00 - Holman Hunt's Painting: No Latch on the Outside
22:45 - Closing: The Door Opens From the Inside
23:00 - [End of Sermon]

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⚖️ COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE:

This historical recording from the 1960s is presented for educational and religious purposes under fair use provisions (Section 107, US Copyright Law). Our mission is to preserve and share Archbishop Sheen's invaluable teachings with new generations.

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🔍 RELATED TOPICS:

What is conscience | Moral guilt explained | Christian psychology | Dealing with guilt | Catholic teaching on conscience | Archbishop Fulton Sheen sermons | Macbeth and guilt | Faith and mental health | Moral philosophy | How to deal with a guilty conscience | Peace of soul | Understanding moral law

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Have you experienced the "unbearable repartee" of conscience? Share your thoughts below.

How has listening to conscience brought you peace? We'd love to hear your story.

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God bless you.

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