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Kindness

Kindness is certainly part of the nature of God, as the biblical Book of Psalms refers to God’s kindness more than 80 times.

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Patience

“Patience, says St. Thomas Aquinas, is a virtue attached to the virtue of fortitude, which hinders a man from departing from right reason illumined by faith by yielding to difficulties and to sadness.

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Charity

Charity in its purest sense encompasses our love for God and our love for our fellow people. St. Thomas Aquinas said, “The habit of charity extends not only to the love of God, but also the love of our neighbour.”

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Chastity

The goal of chastity is habitually to recognise and respect the image of God in others. Chastity not only is a virtue of self-control and self- respect, but it is also a virtue of mutual respect and responsible love.

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Temperance

Temperance is the virtue that attempts to keep us from excess, and, as such, requires the balancing of legitimate goods against our inordinate desire for them.

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Diligence & Olympics

Walking or running, stumbling or limping, it doesn’t matter. Get up and finish the race. Fix your eyes on Jesus and the goal of Eternity, to complete the race.

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Humiliation: A Way to Humility

Humiliations come in all shapes and sizes. Serious ones. Silly ones. Life threatening ones like bankruptcy or an acrimonious divorce. We were humiliated, professionally and personally, and before the eyes of our colleagues, friends and family and even church members.

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