Wise Words On Wednesday: Defending Virtue
“The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.”
G.K. Chesterton, “A Defense of Humilities,” The Defendant
Tag: Virtue
One Minute Book Review: Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues
Today I finished Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of Lord of the Rings by Mark Eddy Smith. It’s an extremely readable book, riskly through The Lord of the Rings, drawing out important life lessons and the importance of virtues from Tolkien’s magnum opus.
Restless Heart: 6 – “Is there life before marriage?” (Part II)
Nessa is back and we’re picking back up our discussion “Is there life before marriage?”. In today’s episode we talk about discernment, virtue and service.
Episode 6: Is there life before marriage? (Download)
— Show Notes —
* If you would like to listen to my original talk I gave on this subject to the Goretti Group, it is available here. The YouTube video is also available here.
* During our discussion, Nessa shared a quotation from Catholic Teen Posts on Instagram:
Purity is not the elimination of sexual attraction, but the ordering of sexual attraction demanded by love.
– Catholic Teen Posts
* …and the the quotation I offered from Ravi Zacharias was as follows:
“Chivalry in love has nothing to do with the sweetness of the appearance. It has everything to do with the tenderness of a heart determined to serve”
– Ravi Zacharias
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TEA: Is there life before marriage? (Goretti Group)
Last night I gave a talk for The Goretti Group. This was a variation on a talk I gave at the Southern Kansas Young Adult Conference.
Is there life before marriage? (Download)
I’ve written a couple of articles for the Goretti Group in the past which you might like to read: Dear Miss Lawrence and “I waited until my wedding night to lose my virginity and I wish I hadn’t”.
An open treasury is quickly spent
Syncletica said, “An open treasury is quickly spent; any virtue will be lost if it is published abroad and is known about everywhere. If you put wax in front of a fire it melts; and if you pour vain praises on the soul it goes soft and weak in seeking goodness”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
Making Progress
Thanks to Kevin for this one…
Mercy Wins
“Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God’s mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.” – St. John Chrysostom