Four Cardinal Virtues: Fortitude ~ Fr. Ripperger

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What is true courage, and how can Catholics develop the strength to endure suffering and pursue difficult goods? In Part 3 of his series on the four cardinal virtues, Fr. Chad Ripperger explains the nature of fortitude and its vital role in the spiritual life. Fortitude is the virtue that strengthens us to confront what is difficult or arduous for the sake of a worthy end. Fr. Ripperger distinguishes natural from supernatural fortitude, explains how courage moderates fear and discusses why martyrdom requires a particular grace from God. The lecture examines six virtues associated with fortitude: magnanimity, magnificence, patience, perseverance, longanimity and mortification. Magnanimity seeks excellence and greatness of soul. Magnificence employs material resources to accomplish great works. Patience enables us to suffer evil with interior peace, while perseverance keeps us pursuing an arduous good until the end. Longanimity allows us to wait for a distant good, and mortification strengthens us to accept suffering and deny disordered desires. Fr. Ripperger also addresses the opposing vices of cowardice, fearlessness, audacity, presumption, ambition, vainglory, pusillanimity, stinginess, softness and pertinacity. Throughout the conference, he explains how comfort, excessive convenience and fear of suffering can produce spiritual weakness and mediocrity. This is the third lecture in Fr. Ripperger’s series on the four cardinal virtues. 00:00 Opening Prayer 00:23 Introduction to Fortitude 00:31 Three Meanings of Fortitude 01:40 Natural and Supernatural Fortitude 02:18 Fortitude in the Spiritual Life 02:40 Martyrdom and the Grace of Fortitude 03:10 The Irascible Appetite 04:58 How We Pursue an Arduous Good 06:59 Why Fortitude Is Undeveloped Today 07:26 Six Virtues Associated with Fortitude 08:11 Magnanimity and Greatness of Soul 09:52 Seeking Excellence and Great Things 11:25 Magnanimity and Growth in Virtue 12:04 Magnificence and the Proper Use of Wealth 13:00 Building Great Churches and Institutions 14:10 Stinginess versus Magnificence 14:36 The True Meaning of Patience 15:03 Suffering Evil with Equanimity 16:47 Trusting God amid Suffering 17:36 Perseverance in the Arduous Good 18:30 Effeminacy and Pertinacity 18:57 Teaching Children to Persevere 19:13 Longanimity: Waiting for the Good 20:21 Debt and the Demand for Immediate Comfort 22:38 Longanimity in the Spiritual Life 23:25 Mortification and Willingness to Suffer 23:48 Original Sin and the Fear of Suffering 25:55 Fortitude and the Regulation of Fear 27:02 What Makes a Person Courageous? 28:04 Courage Must Be Developed through Action 28:46 Cowardice and the Avoidance of Difficulty 29:27 Fearlessness and Reckless Risk 31:06 Audacity and Imminent Danger 32:26 The Loss of the Fear of God 33:08 Presumption and Dependence upon Grace 34:29 Ambition and Seeking Undeserved Honor 38:09 Vainglory and External Appearances 39:05 Pusillanimity and Smallness of Soul 39:55 Stinginess and the Hoarding of Wealth 41:08 Softness and the Avoidance of Hardship 43:54 Pertinacity and Clinging to Opinions 45:17 Precision of Judgment 46:15 Opinions within Traditional Catholicism 46:59 Questions 47:10 Closing Blessing For more sermons & lectures please visit http://sensustraditionis.org/ & remember to do the PenanceWare Fr asks for Fr Ripperger's order of exorcists http://dolorans.org/ (C) 2018 Sensus Fidelium 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #FrRipperger #Fortitude #CardinalVirtues #CatholicVirtue #CatholicCourage #Perseverance #Patience #Magnanimity #SpiritualLife #MoralTheology #TraditionalCatholic #SensusFidelium