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Watch your thoughts; they become words.Watch your words;they become actions.Watch your actions;they become habits.Watch your habits;they become your character.Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Character
Moral strength; a person’s moral views, qualities, and behavior patterns
Character countsAt schoolAt work For collegeFor relationships
Virtue
Being strong good and brave Force for good Moral goodness, power or effectiveness,
moral righteousness, often expressed in action
Divine Virtues
FaithBelieve in God and the truths God has
revealed
HopeOpen’s our heart to new possibilities
LoveCharity, greatest virtue, unselfishly do what
is best for you and others
How do you acquire admirable virtues? Practice makes perfect Develop virtues by doing what is
right Work on our relationship with
God
Human Virtues 4 main cardinal virtues
1. Prudence: good judgment Guides us to understand
○ Truly good in a situation○ The right way to achieve it
How can you be prudent? Approach moral problems with the appropriate
care, caution and consideration Don’t base decisions mainly on feelings Don’t believe everything you hear
2. Justice Steady desire to give God and others
what is dueHow can you be a just person? Respect everyone’s dignity and rights Be fair with people Work toward everyone’s welfare Keep in mind the common good Practice the Golden Rule
3. Temperance
Moderation and balance regarding the desire for physical goods and pleasures
Desires are meant to uplift not demeanHow should you keep balance in your life? Love wisely, let your head inform you heart Don’t overdo things Control your desires
Self-control is a characteristic of maturity
4. Fortitude Moral courage, determination, and
perseverance; the virtue of being firm of spirit or having a steady will in doing good despite difficulties and temptations
How can you be courageous? Determine to do what is right no matter what Be strong enough to ask for advice and help Make the tough choices Accept the consequences from
mistakes….learn
She Stood Alone
Write an essay about the virtues that Prudence displays in the movie. Make sure to include specific examples from the movie of all of the virtues you see displayed.
Seven Gifts of the Spirit
Wisdom Understanding Counsel Fortitude Knowledge Piety Reverence for God
12 Fruits of the Spirit Charity Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Generosity Gentleness Faithfulness Modesty Self-control Chastity
Forgiveness
God offered us a chance for forgiveness for mistakes if we admit we were wrong and are sorry and promise not to repeat it again
Beautiful gift
Is there anything we can do that won’t be forgiven by God?
Only refusing God’s love, mercy, and forgiveness
Us not God
Why can it be so hard to forgive? Someone has wronged us What can make it easier?
Remember that we make mistakes tooWe believe we are entitled to forgiveness
What does it mean to forgive others? Sometimes we have to distance
ourselves because of danger Letting them know that their behavior is
unacceptable- won’t be tolerated True forgiveness tries to help the person
understand wrongs and change More than forgetting– holding
accountable
Who is one of the most difficult people to forgive? Ourselves Difficult to accept that we have done
something wrong or could have done better
Steps to Forgiveness
Recognize the action is wrong Admit that we did wrong and ask for
forgiveness from the one we wronged Forgive ourselves Get on with our lives. Remember we are
good and can still do good works
How do we know if we are in need of forgiveness?
Guilt: the act is wrong, you know it and you do it
Regret: the action is good, but something out of your control causes it to go wrong
Sorrow: Something happens to someone else you recognize it as a tragedy
Compassion: Something happens to someone else and it also happened to you so you feel as they do
Why Forgive?
Jesus told us: God forgave us and we should forgive others
Most human thing that we can do-because we all make mistakes
Feel another’s pain and need for forgiveness
The more we practice virtue and do what’s right, the more all these gifts from God become part of who we are.
Handling Hardships
It is easy be strong when everything is going our way.
Our challenge of character is how we get through it
Forgiveness Reflection
Write about a time when you needed to offer forgiveness to someone. How did you feel? What was holding you back from forgiving? Were you able to forgive? If yes, how did you feel?