Category: Fortitude
It is necessary for one to know, to hope and to struggle with persevering patience, realising that this is what pleases God.
‘At your word, Lord, I will begin again.’
"The truly virtuous person doesn’t just do the right thing; he also desires rightly."
Though it is perfectly natural to experience sadness over loss or injury, the virtue of patience enables us to bear suffering without being broken by sorrow or led to forsake the way of virtue.
We need patience to endure the sorrow that besets us so that we do not betray the good we have.
The gift of fortitude, which is so necessary in our path toward heaven, is obtained from God through prayer and the sacraments.