Posts Tagged ‘Virtue’
Lead us not into temptation
When we pray the most divine prayer, that is, the Our Father, we must take a close look at each word. For Our Lord Jesus Christ actually composed this prayer! Think of that, of all the things you have heard or read that Jesus said and did… Jesus, the Son of God, the Word made…
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We may be deceived, especially in our day and age, to believe this present world has all but forfeited modesty. And why shouldn’t we believe this? It seems almost every time we turn on our televisions we are bombarded with lustful entertainment or saturated with inappropriate scenes laced with violence and foul language. We may…
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Catholic Devotions For all who seek to purge themselves of sin and truly live – let him first deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow Jesus Christ daily. Gentlemen, it must first and foremost be our goal to become saints. Not to become a doctor, a lawyer, a president, or an ambassador; but instead…
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Courtship Sir, have you prayed on behalf of your vocation in life? Have you abandoned your future to Christ’s designs for you? Are you willing to accept WHATEVER God pleases to give you for the sake of salvation? If you have not done as much, you need stop looking for a girl! How can you…
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Virtues: Prudence and Memoria What IS virtue? What is it that binds us to itself that we should be mindful of fulfilling within ourselves, called virtues? To begin, Aristotle defined virtue as “that which makes both a person and what he does good.” This, in a basic sense, is absolutely true. St. Thomas Aquinas was…
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