Ode to Catholic Guilt

Should guilt be seen as negative? Why are so many people uncomfortable with guilt? Can there be "good" guilt?

I remember watching the Bachelor... (yes, I watched the Bachelor. It’s a guilty pleasure show… but that’s what we are talking about today–GUILT–so it works!) And a member of the cast made a flippant passing comment saying, “I used to struggle with XYZ, too… you know, Catholic guilt and all.” Then he laughed. At first, I was excited because I thought the…