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Title: Conscience: An Owner's Manual 
Author: James Penrice 

ISBN: 0-8189-1225-1 
Paperback: x + 83 pp. 
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Just as any appliance will work properly only when it is used and maintained according to the manufacturer's intent, so it is with our conscience. That little voice inside us, which tells us what is right and what is wrong, needs to be properly understood if we are to follow it with impunity. We all have many voices within us urging us to do various things. How do we discern between them? The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that "a human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience." Yet we know from experience that either out of ignorance or passion, we can make erroneous judgments for which we must pay the consequences. This manual is designed to help the reader avoid such pitfalls.
 

James Penrice , the married father of three and the Director of Religious Education at St. Mary's Parish in Spring Lake, Michigan, is the author of six very popular Alba House titles, including: Crossing Home: The Spiritual Lessons of Baseball (1993), Goal to Go: The Spiritual Lessons of Football (1994), God Could Be a Teen; Nobody Understands Him Either: Catholic Moral Teaching for Teens (1996), If There Is a God Why Do I Need Braces?: The Dogmatic Teachings of the Church for Adolescents (1997), You Know More Than You Think: Your Intuitive Knowledge of God in the Cathoic Tradition (2003), and A New Dad's Guide to Playing God: Reflections on the Vocation of Fatherhood (2005).


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Owner's manual: Do you wonder sometimes if kids in the parish and around your town are missing that God-given moral compass? Well, maybe not missing, but they don't know how to operate it? Like any appliance, your conscience only works if used as it was intended by the manufacturer. "Conscience: An Owner's Manual" by James Penrice was designed to help people understand that little voice inside them, and what it means. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that "a human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience," but we all know that we make errors of judgment that we must take into account. This book offers guidance on just how. --Crux of the News, October 23, 2006

 

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