Moral distinctions and scandal

In a complex world of difficult moral choices, clarity regarding proper moral distinctions can be very helpful, if not absolutely necessary.

Yet one must be careful, not only of the danger of rationalization, but also the danger of giving scandal to those who may not understand, as Saint Paul reminds us in today’s first reading (1 Corinthians 8:1b-7, 11-13):

Thus, through your knowledge,
the weak person is brought to destruction,
the brother for whom Christ died.
When you sin in this way against your brothers
and wound their consciences, weak as they are,
you are sinning against Christ.

May we always seek from Christ the grace of true discernment.