The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) Day 234: Freedom and Responsibility (2025)
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Aug 22, 2025 Discover the profound link between human freedom and moral responsibility. The discussion emphasizes choosing good over evil as the essence of true freedom. Fr. Mike explores how ignorance and intention impact our accountability for actions. Biblical examples illuminate personal growth and the importance of virtues in relationships. Moreover, it highlights the contrast between earthly freedom and the perfected freedom found in divine justice.
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Freedom Shapes Your Life
- Freedom is the power rooted in reason and will to act or not to act and to perform deliberate actions responsibly.
- By free will one shapes one's life, and freedom matures when directed toward God and beatitude.
Freedom Perfected By The Good
- True freedom attains perfection when bound to God, removing the possibility of choosing evil in heaven.
- The more one does good the freer one becomes, since sin enslaves rather than liberates.
Factors That Reduce Culpability
- Imputability can be reduced or nullified by ignorance, duress, fear, habit, attachments, or social and psychological factors.
- Every directly willed act is imputable, but indirect voluntarity or negligence changes moral responsibility.
