1. Virtues
CHAPTER 26

2. Think... Virtues What are some bad habits?
Have you ever tried to break a habit?
What is it like to try to change?
Virtues

3. Bad Habits Bottling up stress “Laziness” Making excuses
Not completing work
Bottling up stress
Waiting until the last minute to do work
Buying things you don’t need
“Laziness”
Spend time with negative people
Making excuses

4. Virtue
Catholics believe that through virtues we can change
They help us to become more like God
virtue – a good habit that helps us to act according to God’s love for us

5. Theological Virtues Faith, hope, and love(charity)
Called this because they are gifts from God

6. Faith Believe in God – the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit
Accept all the God has done
Believe his is with us and acting in our lives
Choice we make (FREE WILL)
We should have it and show it to others
Called to be a witness to the faith

7. Hope Enables us to trust in Jesus and God’s promise
Rely on the strength of the Holy Spirit
Respond to happiness
Helps us to work to spread the Kingdom of God on earth and look forward to the one in heaven

8. Love Enables us to love God and our neighbors Greatest of all virtues
All virtues come from it
It is our goal as Christians
We can love, because God loved us first
Parents, Guardians, families teachers show love by providing and encouraging

9. St. Paul wrote letters to early Christian communities
St. Paul’s Letters
St. Paul wrote letters to early Christian communities
Write your own letter to your community how faith, hope, and love have made a difference in your life

10. Mary, our model
Through God’s grace we open our hearts to the influence of the Holy Spirit – we grow in holiness
The gospels gives us an example of this holiness, a young Jewish girl named Mary

11. God asked Mary to become the mother of his son – a big change in her life
She was totally open to God’s call
Her yes, was response in faith, hope, and love
She was a part of his plan
She if the PERFECT model of the way we should live
Jesus’ first disciple

12. Cardinal Virtues Guide our mind and actions to live a good life
There are FOUR:
Prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance

13. Prudence
Helps us to make a sound judgments and direct our actions toward what is good

14. Help us to give to God and our neighbors what is rightfully theirs
Justice
Help us to give to God and our neighbors what is rightfully theirs

15. Help us act bravely in the face of troubles and fear
Fortitude
Help us act bravely in the face of troubles and fear

16. Temperance
Help us to keep our desires under control and balance our use of material good

17. Called to a life of love