Virtue of Prudence
Could Practicing the Virtue of Prudence Give You More Time In Your Day?
First Key to Spiritual Growth: Taking Control of Your Life through the Virtue of Prudence In the last two articles we explored the need to take control of our lives. We saw how we can make simple choices that slowly build up our inner sanctuary. Then we looked at the importance of embracing change in…
Read MoreSpiritual Growth – 3 Dangerous Myths That Zap Motivation to Grow in Faith (And the Truth About Them)
Watch the Slideshare Presentation Outline 1. SPIRITUAL GROWTH – 3 DANGEROUS MYTHS THAT ZAP MOTIVATION TO GROW IN FAITH (And the Truth About Them) 2. Introduction By any indicator, interest in Catholic spiritual growth is at an all-time low. Why is this? Wouldn’t you think that every Catholic would be hungry to deepen her relationship…
Read MorePrudence and the Examined Life in Spiritual Growth
Spiritual growth means filling your life with the goodness that God has planned for you. The virtue of prudence is the cardinal virtue of identifying authentic human good and making a plan to attain it. There are three stages of prudence: Examining your own life, growing in the wisdom of what is right and wrong,…
Read MoreAre You Too Busy to Really Live?
Everyone feels like they are too busy. We all suffer from busyness in one form or another. It seems to us that every minute of our time is spoken for. Our schedules are full. We cannot possibly handle another commitment. But when we live this way, we tend to jump from one “urgent” demand to…
Read MoreToo Busy: 3 Tips for Focusing on What is Truly Important
Most people who think that their lives are too busy actually suffer from a much different problem from “having too much to do.” They actually suffer from a problem establishing their priorities. Rather than more time management strategies, what they really need is the virtue of prudence. Prudence is the virtue of identifying what is…
Read MoreThe Moral Virtue of Prudence: 4 Steps to Regaining Control
Busyness is the dangerous trap we all fall prey to. Our true problem is being overloaded and lacking margin. We are too busy to live. The solution to these challenges is the moral virtue of prudence, which leads us to focus our lives on what is really important. So let’s start taking a closer look at the solution.…
Read MoreThe Virtue of Prudence: Martha, Martha . . .
Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha, received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord’s feet, heard his word. But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord,…
Read MoreThe Well-Ordered Life: Bringing Order to Your Physical Space
The first step of Catholic spiritual growth is to grow in the virtue of prudence to live a well-ordered life. Then you can take the time to pray, to nurture your relationships, and to do all of the other things necessary to deepen your relationship with God. The well-ordered life includes practical elements like time…
Read MoreSunday Reading: The people saw the sign he had done.
Today’s Readings for the Holy Mass It’s interesting that Jesus’ “multiplication of the loaves” miracle was first performed by the prophet Elijah. Interesting, but not surprising. In fact, much of what Jesus does in his earthly ministry is a fulfillment of the Old Testament signs. For Elijah, the miracle was a sign of God’s love…
Read MoreSunday Reading: Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while
Today’s Readings for the Holy Mass I love the first reading today from the prophet Jeremiah. God is tired of the Hebrew leaders who are leading His people away from Him. At the time Jeremiah proclaimed this message, those leaders were unfaithful kings and priests. In Jesus’ time they were many of the scribes and…
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