Humility Is the Devil’s Achilles’ Heel
COMMENTARY: From Genesis to Guadalupe, Scripture and tradition reveal that Satan cannot replicate humility — the very virtue through which God and his saints defeat him.
Results from Tag: 'virtue'
Building Virtue Takes Practice: Lessons From Alasdair MacIntyre
COMMENTARY: The late Alasdair MacIntyre desired that new forms of community life could be created where morality and civility would thrive.
Why Saints, Not Superman, Are the Real Heroes
COMMENTARY: The love of power is the opposite of the power of love — so why do we idolize strength over virtue?
‘The Crown’ Shows Us the Moral Power of Royal Virtue
A Look Back at Season 1 of the Netflix Miniseries on the Reign of Elizabeth II
This Is the Only Really Good Reason to Cheat
‘Sin creates a proclivity to sin; it engenders vice by repetition of the same acts.’ (CCC 1865)
Imitate Christ and Set an Example in Love, Faith and Purity
‘To follow and imitate Christ more nearly and to manifest more clearly his self-emptying is to be more deeply present to one's contemporaries, in the heart of Christ.’ (CCC 932)
The Grace of Time Now
‘Remember that the present day is given to you,’ says St. Francis de Sales, ‘in order to gain the future day of eternity.’
Catholic Women, Grow in Virtue as You Journey With Your Favorite Jane Austen Heroines and Heroes
BOOK PICK: ‘Jane Austen’s Genius Guide to Life’
John Paul II Was Right: Catholic Athletes Must Be Champions of Virtue
If athletic competition builds virtue and is not just “an end in itself,” said Pope St. John Paul II, it can be “a means to total and harmonious physical, moral and social development.”
