CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION DAILY – BY ROVAN PINTO.

Many people, after having walked in the practice of virtue for some time, give themselves up to rest, being satisfied with what they have done. But Grace never says, it is enough. - Imitation of Blessed Virgin Mary, by Saint Ambrose.

We are all practicing one or the other form of prayer and some of us when we are practicing prayer life we also practice virtues in our life.

Virtues are moral excellence or good moral quality a person develops after being in prayer. Every day after being in prayer some of us grow in prayer as well as virtues and when we grow in virtues for a while many of us think we have done very good and start resting for few days or few months.

We have to understand the moment we rest we will be journeying backwards instead of journeying forward and also within no time we will have to start from scratch again.

It is very difficult to build our virtues but it takes very little time to destroy it. We have to understand that no matter what height of spiritual life we are in still we should not get satisfied with it but desire for more perfection.

There are 7 virtues according to the Bible.

Cardinal virtues

1.        Prudence -Prudence is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it; 

2.      Justice -Justice is the virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbour.

3.      Temperance -  Temperance is the virtue which moderates in us the inordinate desire for sensible pleasure, keeping it within the limits assigned by reason and faith. 

4.      Fortitude  or courage - Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good

Theological Virtues

5.      FAITH -Faith is essentially the power to believe in God’s revelation of Himself and His will for us and to obey that revelation and will.

6.      HOPE -Hope is  a combination of the desire for something and expectation of receiving it,

7.      CHARITY- Charity is the virtue by which we love God above all things for His own sake, and our neighbour as ourselves as part of our love of God.

We have to examine our life and see whether we are growing one or more virtues when we are in prayers, If we are not growing in virtues then there is something wrong in our prayers.

Date: 22:05: 2020.