Living out the virtue of charity often involves giving—of our time, possessions, and money—to those in need. But, you may wonder, how much should we give? The gospel of Mark gives a straightforward, albeit challenging, answer: 41 And he sat...
Alright, so the virtue of charity is loving God and loving our neighbor, including our enemies…but what does it actually look like? In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus gives us a picture when he describes the King at final judgment,...
If charity is the greatest virtue, and true virtue is rightly ordered love, then perhaps we should make a list of the people in our lives and decide where they rank so we can love them accordingly. Family first, then...
Our final virtue is that of charity, or love. It is last, not because it is least, but precisely because it is the first and greatest of all virtues. According to Thomas Aquinas, “Charity is the form, mover, mother and...
In the rules of logic, there is an old Latin saying, tertium non datur, also known as the law of the excluded middle. It literally means, “no third is given,” or in other words, there are only two possibilities. Many people...
Indeed, classical education causes our scholars to rise up – to work hard – to take on complicated ideas – to stand toe to toe with their unknowing to discover the satisfaction and joy that comes from the struggle that...
So, genuine Hope is a good thing…but how can we have it? Aquinas reminds us that it comes from God…but how does He give it? Does He just pass out Hope like a candy bar at Halloween? In Romans 5,...
Not everyone believes that Hope is a virtue. Friedrich Nietzsche, who famously declared that God is dead, also thought that, “Hope, in reality, is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.” That may sound harsh,...
Hope is one of the theological virtues. As Thomas Aquinas explained, that is “first, because their object is God, inasmuch as they direct us aright to God: secondly, because they are infused in us by God alone: thirdly, because these virtues are...
If Faith is to trust and obey God, then Hope is the confidence that God will bring about the good he has promised—no matter how unlikely it seems. God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, after God had promised...
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