In this life we are often presented with the choice to do what is right or to follow our feelings. This is simply the reality of fallen men living in a fallen world. Traditionally it was considered respectable to deny oneself for the sake of doing what one knows to be objectively right and good, but the superiority of following your heart has now been a popular notion for some years (the arts have glorified it for centuries, actually). This is regrettable, but it is man's natural compulsion. On a modern, local level, the American public has imbibed the glorification of man's heart through the influence of the likes of Hollywood, Freud, Dewey, and Disney. As we have denied the authority of God, replacing Him with man as the ultimate authority in our universe, we have slidden further and further down the path of subjective morality. Once again, none of this is surprising. What is alarming, however, is how thoroughly the Church has embraced this c...