(c)Mateo Ivankovic 2017
July 5, 2018
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Dear Family of Mary!
Our Lady often reminds us that we are free. God has created us with autonomous wills. We must choose the way we will go in life. In fact, our lives are filled each day with choices. And she wants us to practice choosing the good, always!
Mother Church teaches us about our freedom and our choices in The Catechism of the Catholic Church. In Part Three, Section One, Chapter One, the Catechism explains the dignity of the Human Person. In Article 7 it talks about the virtues (those habits that orient us towards the good) in this way:
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Dear Family of Mary!
"...My children, you are given the freedom to choose, but, as a mother, I implore you to choose the freedom for the good..." (July 2, 2018)
Our Lady often reminds us that we are free. God has created us with autonomous wills. We must choose the way we will go in life. In fact, our lives are filled each day with choices. And she wants us to practice choosing the good, always!
Mother Church teaches us about our freedom and our choices in The Catechism of the Catholic Church. In Part Three, Section One, Chapter One, the Catechism explains the dignity of the Human Person. In Article 7 it talks about the virtues (those habits that orient us towards the good) in this way:
1803 "Whatever
is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if
there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."(Phil. 4:8)
A virtue is an habitual and firm
disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform
good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends
toward the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues
the good and chooses it in concrete actions.
The goal of a virtuous life is to become like God. (St. Gregory of Nissa)
1804 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 are acquired by human effort. They are the fruit and seed
of morally good acts; they dispose all the powers of the human being
for communion with divine love.
As Our Lady implores us, let's desire to choose the good, using our God-given freedom for the good!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2018
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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