Courage! Courage! Courage!

About this sermon

3rd Sunday of Lent: Since we live in a sort of culture of death (a culture where nearly all, it seems, are dead in sin! a culture that seeks many solutions to problems in violence and killing), then we can expect that the virtue of courage is greatly in need. St. Thomas Aquinas says “Fortitude of soul … binds the will firmly to the good of reason in face of the greatest evils.” In other words, this virtue makes us “do what is right come what may!” Many today are unwilling to stand up against moral evils, against temptation, or to do what is needed to overcome obstacles in their moral life. Thus, the culture of death becomes the popular culture. Results: men are more and more effeminate! ...unwilling to endure trials to embrace the difficult good. What is more, after the Church, working for Centuries, cast the devil out of the pagan cultures of the world, this devil has come back with seven more demons worse than himself! Post Christian culture is very much worse than pre-Christian times because we know better. The house has been cleansed and adorned...but now the door is open for repossession. Courage, therefore, is needed more and more to resist such a culture… courage to cut off anything that threatens our inner court… our inner peace… our virtue... courage to hold on to the good of virtue in the face of any evil, even a painful death. For more please visit http://www.reginaprophetarum.org & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest

Topics

• Victory Over Fear