Human virtues are firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct according to reason and faith. They make possible ease, self-mastery, and joy in leading a morally good life. the virtuous man is he who freely practices the good. The moral virtues […]

-please click on the image for greater detail “Purity is the fruit of prayer.” — Saint Teresa of Calcutta, quoted from the book Purity 365 Chastity as a Virtue “The Catholic Church wants YOU to have AWESOME SEX!!!!” Chastity is not a teeth-gritting ability to avoid violating the sexual rules. Rather, chastity is a habit […]

God determines our identity.  We respond in grace and free will; either correctly or incorrectly, either in good or evil, either in obedience or disobedience, as God defines them and us.  We do not decide.  God does.  THY WILL be done.  Thy Kingdom come, on earth, as it is in heaven. -by Fr. Christopher Pietraszko, […]

-by Christina M. Sorrentino “Modesty is more than just a hemline, it is an interior disposition that influences not only our dress, but our thoughts and actions.” -Leah Darrow As a Catholic millennial woman I would like to offer a take on modesty, not to cast judgment on other women or to spark a religious […]

Catechism of the Catholic Church Mutilation (CCC 2297) “Except when performed for strictly therapeutic medical reasons, directly intended amputations, mutilations, and sterilizations performed on innocent persons are against the moral law.” Sexual Identity (CCC 2333) “Everyone, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity. Physical, moral, and spiritual difference and complementarity are oriented […]

–cardinal virtues, please click on the image for greater detail God’s justice is not blind nor indifferent. It sees, acts, and loves. Debitum and Personae: The Metaphysical Foundation of Justice “St. Thomas in the Summa Theologiae understands the virtue of justice to be founded upon the notion of jus or right because, according to the […]

Notwithstanding Gov. Cuomo…Catholics prioritize/emphasize the definition of faith in 1 Cor 13:13. -by Luke Lancaster “To prove that man is saved by faith alone (sola fide), apart from good works, many of our Protestant brothers and sisters direct us to Galatians 2:16, in which Paul says, “a man is not justified by works of the […]

1/18/20 The Diocese of La Crosse released the names Saturday of more than two dozen clergy who have faced a substantiated allegation of child sexual abuse. The diocese said none of the accused are now in public ministry. Many are listed as deceased. The list comes from an independent review of clergy files dating to […]

Nigerian Sister Veronica Openibo, congregational leader of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, attends the third day of the meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019. Sister Openibo told the gathering that clerical sexual abuse “has reduced the credibility of the church when transparency should the […]

-The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins (1822) by William Blake, Tate Gallery, London, UK, please click on the image for greater detail. “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were […]

CCC 1807 “Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor. Justice toward God is called the “virtue of religion.” Justice toward men disposes one to respect the rights of each and to establish in human relationships the harmony that promotes equity with […]

CCC 1808 Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life. The virtue of fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions. It […]

-please click on the image for greater clarity Thomas Jefferson, to John Adams Monticello, October 28, 1813 “As a child, he was full of questions” – report of Jefferson as a child “…there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents…There is also an artificial aristocracy, founded on wealth […]

Eph 4:26-27 In my experience (others?), patience is THE most vital virtue of adult life, with life, with others, etc. I try my VERY best ALWAYS. However, my experience with people is that sometimes no matter how many times I patiently repeat what it is I mean, intend, desire, the hearing of others is not […]

Eph 4:26-27 In my experience (others?), patience is THE most vital virtue of adult life, with life, with others, etc. I try my VERY best ALWAYS. However, my experience with people is that sometimes no matter how many times I patiently repeat what it is I mean, intend, desire, the hearing of others is not […]

I have found this virtue to be supremely necessary in adult life. A dear and pious friend of mine joked with me, “DO NOT ask God for patience!!! He will make you practice!!” I think acts of patience make excellent penances. -by Rev Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen, OCD, Divine Intimacy, Baronius Press, (c) 1964 […]

I have found this virtue to be supremely necessary in adult life. A dear and pious friend of mine joked with me, “DO NOT ask God for patience!!! He will make you practice!!” I think acts of patience make excellent penances. -by Rev Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen, OCD, Divine Intimacy, Baronius Press, (c) 1964 […]

Why does the most necessary spiritual reading appear when I need it most? Holy Spirit, help us!!! -by Rev Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen, OCD, Divine Intimacy, Baronius Press, (c) 1964 “Presence of God – O Jesus, meek and divinely patient, teach me the secret of true patience. MEDITATION Patience is the virtue which makes […]

-by Rev Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen, OCD, Divine Intimacy, Baronius Press, (c) 1964 Presence of God – O Lord, teach me to suffer with simplicity, without useless concentration on self, but in total abandonment to Your divine will. MEDITATION The secret of learning to suffer in a virtuous way consists chiefly in forgetting oneself and […]

-by Rev Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen, OCD, Divine Intimacy, Baronius Press, (c) 1964 Presence of God – O Lord, teach me to suffer with simplicity, without useless concentration on self, but in total abandonment to Your divine will. MEDITATION The secret of learning to suffer in a virtuous way consists chiefly in forgetting oneself and […]

Why does the most necessary spiritual reading appear when I need it most? Holy Spirit, help us!!! -by Rev Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen, OCD, Divine Intimacy, Baronius Press, (c) 1964 “Presence of God – O Jesus, meek and divinely patient, teach me the secret of true patience. MEDITATION Patience is the virtue which makes […]

-Stations of the Cross, Pasierbiec, Poland, using Saints and other heroic Catholics from Poland. The Station in question thus substitutes Saint John Paul II in the place of Simon of Cyrene (fifth station). “But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.” (Matt. 24:13) “But exhort one another every day, as long […]

-Stations of the Cross, Pasierbiec, Poland, using Saints and other heroic Catholics from Poland. The Station in question thus substitutes Saint John Paul II in the place of Simon of Cyrene (fifth station). “But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.” (Matt. 24:13) “But exhort one another every day, as long […]

be·at·i·tude /bēˈadəˌt(y)o͞od/ noun noun: beatitude, plural noun: beatitudes 1. supreme blessedness. “Since happiness is the perfect and sufficient good, it must needs set man’s desire at rest and exclude every evil. . . . Wherefore also according to the Philosopher (Ethics, 1:9), happiness is the reward of works of virtue. — St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa […]