Thursday, June 8, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 299 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) A virtue is an interior disposition, a positive habit, a passion that
has been placed at the service of the good.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1833) Virtue is
a habitual and firm disposition to do good. (CCC 1803) "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any
excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these
things" (Phil 4:8). A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the
good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best
of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory and
spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions. The
goal of a virtuous life is to become like God (St. Gregory of Nyssa, De beatitudinibus, 1: PG 44, 1200D).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) “You, therefore, must be perfect, as your
heavenly Father is perfect” (Mt 5:48). That means that we must change on our
way to God. By our human abilities we can do that only in fits and starts. With
his grace God supports the human virtues and gives us, above and beyond that,
the so-called supernatural virtues ( 305), which help us to come closer to God
and live more securely in his light.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1804) Human virtues
are firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and
will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct
according to reason and faith. They make possible ease, self-mastery, and joy
in leading a morally good life. The virtuous man is he who freely practices the
good. The moral virtues are acquired by human effort. They are the fruit and
seed of morally good acts; they dispose all the powers of the human being for
communion with divine love.
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