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Today when we are criticized by friends and society for the moral tenets of our Faith, St. Alexander is a prime example of how we should stand fast in the face of ridicule and ostracism.
Today when we are criticized by friends and society for the moral tenets of our Faith, St. Alexander is a prime example of how we should stand fast in the face of ridicule and ostracism.
- Virtue Requires Training
- A New Kind of Freedom
- You Play How You Practice
- You’Ll Never Not Exist
- Importance of The body
- The Body Is The Person
- Human Rights Don’T Depend on Human Traits
- Err on The Side of Life
- What About The Transgender Issue?
I press this with my students because the youth (especially today) are prone to think something like the following: “Deep down, I’m a good guy—despite what I did last weekend.” In other words, our culture has a tendency to dissociate our actions from whowe are. In reality, this is preposterous: over time, our actions determine who we are—because ea...
As already implied above, the practice of virtue gives rise to a deeper freedom. In teaching about this, I’ll often ask my class if they are free to speak French. Amused, they respond in the affirmative. Then I ask them to do it—to which many of them respond by informing me that they haven’t taken French. In other words, they are free to speak Fren...
Great examples of this deeper freedom are: learning a foreign language, a musical instrument, getting in shape, or any athletic skill that must be practiced over and over again before it becomes second nature. A great player in any sport (or musician) is reliable and consistent; anybody can hit a lucky shot—whereas, someone who truly has the partic...
That said, what Christians teach about the dignity of every human life was not something taken for granted in the ancient world, even among the likes of great virtue teachers like Aristotle and Plato. In other words, we should not underestimate the power of Genesis 1:26-28—that every human person is made in the image and likeness of God (nor should...
Important here is the inherent connection between me and my body. That is, when the human organism comes to be, the person comes to be. There are several pro-abortion academics who will acknowledge that the human being comes to be at conception, but that the “person” comes to be much later. Here, they identify the person—who alone is said to be the...
If we take a baby a week before birth and a week after, not much has changed except for its location. What we want is to find the point at which a substantial change has taken place—that is, when a new entity has come about, not just some degree of development of the individual organism. There really is no serious candidate other than conception. T...
Euthanasia advocates argue from the same premises as the pro-abortion advocates above. For example, when dementia has set in, at a point the “person” is supposedly no longer present even though the human being remains alive. At a point, this thinking would allow one to dispose of the “human being” precisely because they have ceased to be a “person”...
This is precisely what John Paul II meant by the “culture of death”—as a war of the powerful against the weak; for the weakest are most vulnerable—especially the unborn who can’t even cry to defend themselves, but also the handicapped, disabled, and elderly. Even if there were uncertainty regarding the beginning of life, the issue is so important—s...
Our unity as one thing—a body-soul composite—is enough to throw up an immense caution flag regarding transgender issues. For our bodies are integral to who we are.Therefore, it simply can’t be the case that someone could be, say, a boy trapped inside a girl’s body. Further, the natural order is “always or for the most part,” as Aristotle taught lon...
Saint Alexander, also known as Pope Alexander I, faced numerous challenges in his quest to uphold the tenets of the Christian faith during a period rife with religious persecution. His reign, which likely spanned from 107 to 115 AD, occurred during the reign of Emperor Trajan and later Emperor Hadrian, a time of significant hostility towards ...
The basic moral precepts of Catholic morality are a minimum level below which we must not go. This is about life — "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10). In Christ, God is making you the most incredible offer.
Apr 29, 2020 · The Absolute Sanctity of Human Life. This first principle follows from our belief that every single person is made in the image of God. Being made in God’s image means that every person endowed with intellect and free-will has the responsibility of self-determination, and is capable of being creative, loving, and of having a relationship with ...
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St. Thomas identifies various ways of sinning against prudence, in relation to its different parts (ST II-II q53): Precipitation Acting without consideration. This effectively neglects all or most of the elements morally necessary for a prudent action. Temerity (fearing to act) – lack of docility, memory, or reason
