RS 2

• Three ways to live a moral life

  • To obey the commandments of God
  • To do Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
  • To live the Christian Virtues
• Virtue


  An operative good habit, or the capacity for doing good with ease, pleasure, and consistency
• Types of virtues


  • Natural Virtues
  • Infused virtues
• Four cardinal virtues


  • Prudence
  • Justice
  • Fortitude
  • Temperance
• Prudence


  Being wise and cautious in making decisions
• Justice


  Giving everyone their due
• Fortitude


  Being mentally and emotionally strong despite sufferings and temptations
• Temperance


  Having self-control
• Three theological virtues


  • Faith
  • Hope
  • Love
• Faith


  Believing in God; obeying His commands and trusting Him
• Hope


  Continuously believing that through Christ we can have resurrection and everlasting life
• Love


  Doing good to others and serving them the way Jesus loved and served us
• Three eschatological virtues


  • Vigilance
  • Serenity
  • Joy
• Vigilance

  Be watchful of temptations so that we will not fall into sin
• Serenity


  Be calm and be at peace. Know that Jesus Christ is our Lord and God
• Joy


  To be happy with the thought that Jesus Christ already saved us. Be happy to encounter His second coming
• Order of Virtues in the Process of Maturing in Faith (CFC 985)