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by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Between the Sundays, cardinal virtue, holiness, In the Workplace, judgment, News, prudence, Virtue, Work | 0 |
Several months ago in this column, I wrote about what a virtue is and what that looks like in every day life. As a refresher, we want to remember that a virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good (CCC 1804). The virtuous person seek…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | dishonest steward, Gospel of Luke, Jesus Christ, News, parable, prudence, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Am 8:4-7 • Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 • 1 Tm 2:1-8 • Lk 16:1-13 How difficult is the parable of the dishonest steward, heard in today’s Gospel reading? “Of all of Jesus’ parables,” […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2022 | Cardinal Virtues, Featured, News, prudence, Sophia Excerpts, Virtue | 0 |
The word “prudence” has fallen into some degree of disrepute in our day. The old admonition, “Let your conscience be your guide,” has given way to the modern shibboleth, “Follow that impulse!” If you feel that something is right for you to do, go ahead and do it. Don’t let yourself be hamstrung by the […]
by bcadmin | Jul 21, 2022 | Cardinal Virtues, Featured, News, prudence, Sophia Excerpts, Virtue | 0 |
The word “prudence” has fallen into some degree of disrepute in our day. The old admonition, “Let your conscience be your guide,” has given way to the modern shibboleth, “Follow that impulse!” If you feel that something is right for you to do, go ahead and do it. Don’t let yourself be hamstrung by the […]
by bcadmin | Jul 15, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Cardinal Virtues, daily life, Featured, holiness, honesty, human virtues, Justice, Knowing the Faith, moral virtues, News, prudence, temperance, virtues | 0 |
Picture a virtuous person. Maybe you thought of a cloistered nun in prayer. Or perhaps a saint on a holy card (probably also in prayer). If you’re honest, maybe you pictured someone who is no fun. A stuffy “prude.” We should be pictur…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 10, 2021 | Heaven, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, King Solomon, Living the Faith, News, prudence, purpose, treasure, wisdom | 0 |
From our earliest moments of life, we seek something we need or want. An infant cries for its mother. A toddler, no longer satisfied with crawling as a means to explore, learns to walk. A teenager cannot wait to be older and independent. Througho…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2021 | acedia, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, prudence, Sophia Excerpts, St. Thomas Aquinas | 0 |
Purity of Heart We study to seek truth, and Truth Himself declared to us, “Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8). Only when our heart, our conscience, and our will are pure, free from the distractions of temptation and the stains of sin, can our intellects gaze clearly upon […]
by bcadmin | Dec 29, 2020 | Christmas, News, patience, prudence, purity, St. Joseph, Those Catholic Men | 0 |
“It’s no mistake” I said to Mike, “that every Catholic church has an image of St. Joseph up front.” Mike had come for confession and counseling over his failures as a husband and father. He had got caught up in the trap of pornography and ambition. He made some bad, short cut decisions. Stress built […]
by bcadmin | Nov 5, 2020 | All Saints, Chastity, courage, Faith, Hope, Humility, Love, Lumen Gentium, News, Only Jesus, perseverance, prudence, Solemnity of All Saints, temperance, virtues | 0 |
the Solemnity of All Saints, which is always for me one of the most inspiring feast days of the year. It reminds me that I am not alone and that I am surrounded always by this “great cloud of witnesses” (Heb. 12:1) who are members of the same Church as I am, and who are not only models for me but friends who are helping me to attain the goal of my life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, Josef Pieper, News, prudence, virtues | 0 |
The virtue of prudence is our guide. We must grow in prudence through prayer and the use of reason in order to make decisions in our daily lives and to help us discern rightly the battles God is calling us to fight for His Kingdom.
by bcadmin | May 4, 2020 | "Dear Prudence", 2020, Batflu, Columns, Coronavirus, Courage: Grace under Pressure, COVID-19, De moribus ecclesiae, Ernest Hemingway, John Lennon, Josef Pieper The Four Cardinal Virtues, mors certa hora incerta, News, prudence, Robert Royal, St. Augustine, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Robert Royal: Prudence in thought and courage in action are necessary, even when we’re not facing viruses. We need clear thinking about risk and reality.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | 2020, Aquinas, Aristotle, Athanasius, Augustine, Basil, Cardinal Virtues, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Change the Model Change the Virtue, Columns, Dante’s Inferno, Faith Hope and Love, Fortitude, Gregory, Jesus Christ, Justice, Maximilian Kolbe, News, Perpetua and Felicity, Plato, prudence, Randall Smith, Socrates, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Mother Teresa, temperance, The Catholic Thing, Theological Virtues, Virgil’s Aeneid | 0 |
Randall Smith: Who is better prepared to flourish right now, Aristotle’s magnanimous man or someone more akin to St. Francis or St. Teresa of Calcutta?
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