Category: Virtue

  • Virtue Wednesday: Assertiveness

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    Each week I will post quotes from a different virtue. The last virtue I posted was Simplicity. This week’s virtue is assertiveness. Assertiveness means being positive, bold and confident about oneself. This includes being assertive about our morals, opinions, talents, ideas and conveying these through the support of our values. Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Simplicity

    As Americans we are plagued by unrelenting consumerism and restrained by the economy. Some days it seems that we need to return to a simpler time by trading in our “possession obsession” for our sanity. Each week I will post quotes from a different virtue. The last virtue I posted was magnanimity This week’s virtue… Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Magnanimity

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    Each week I will post quotes from a different virtue. The last virtue I posted was perseverance. This week’s virtue is magnanimity. Magnanimity is the virtue of having greatness of mind and spirit. It typically includes a refusal of pettiness, brave, and noble. Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Perseverance

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    Happy New Year! I hope this year, that you aspire to make misjudgments—lots of them. When you are aspiring to make misjudgments, then you are trying new things, doing new things, challenging yourself, learning, living and loving. You are accomplishing things with perseverance, especially when it comes to those New Years resolutions. Perseverance is the… Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Peace

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    Merry Christmas! When I think about past Christmas’s, I generally will discover that the smallest details offer the utmost radiance of contentment and peace. Peace is the state of serenity or calm that we feel, especially on Christmas morning. Read more

  • Blessing Bags

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    “To love God and neighbor is not something abstract, but profoundly concrete: it means seeing in every person and face of the Lord to be served, to serve him concretely.” (Pope Francis, Address during Visit at the Homeless Shelter “Dona Di Maria,” 5/21/13) If you are anything like me, you may always feel obligated to… Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Charity

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    Welcome to Virtue Wednesday. Last week’s virtue was Trust. This week’s virtue is charity. Charity is philanthropy and goodwill particularly concerning the disadvantaged or afflicted. Many people use the holiday season as a time of charity and service for those in their community. Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Trust

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    Each week I will post quotes from a different virtue. Last week’s virtue was Purposefulness. This week’s virtue is trust. Trust is having certainty in yourself and in others. In other words, it is the art of lacking mistrust. Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Purposefulness

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    Each week I will post quotes from a different virtue. Last week’s virtue was mercy. This week’s virtue is purposefulness. Purposefulness is maintaining a specific ambition and determination. It is so important to live with purposefulness so we have a live of significance and meaning. What is your purpose? Read more

  • Virtue Wednesday: Mercy

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    Each week I will post quotes from a different virtue. Last week’s virtue was determination. This week’s virtue is mercy. Mercy is an act of kindheartedness, consideration, or goodwill. Read more