Why We Are—Or Are Not—So Often In the Wrong, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Dec 01, 2023

I have a significant fear of being wrong. It is not that I simply want to avoid the embarrassment of being wrong about some question of fact. The problem is that I do not want to be wrong about the difference between virtue and vice in my own personal life. I don’t want to find out only after I die that some habitual attitude or behavior led to the accumulation of unrecognized sins. Insofar as these are unrecognized without deliberate fault, they would be venial sins, but what if I only kidded myself about not recognizing them? What if I rationalized? This question comes up again and again not only in my personal life but in my responses to the condition of the Church.

Let me take one example from each category. First, in my personal life, I tend to be somewhat reclusive. I don’t feel a great need to make friends and socialize or to keep up frequent communication with siblings who live far away, though I am willing to help when help is needed.  ….

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