MEDJUGORJE
MESSAGES: patience, munificence,
magnanimity
..as rills from a
mountain-cap many virtues flow from each of the four cardinal virtues...now one
may see in order to remove from the will
of the faithful those obstructions to reasonable action which arise as a result
of many years of bad habits or complacent inurism Fortitude is key...
..now attached to
fortitude are other key virtues which flow as spiritual rivulets from the main
source..if the mountain-cap is the high region spiritually which is closest to
God in aspiration and the snow being the cold soul ensconced with itself...it
follows that a yearning towards God will eventually melt the cold habits and
from here rivers of virtue will flow down through to the valley of humility....
... appended to the virtue of holy fortitude we have patience,
munificence, magnanimity, perseverance, courage, steadfastness, ordinate fastidious resoluteness....
..indeed if one is patient they are willing to endure great tribulations
or small trials for a reasonable good and not be discouraged or become
crestfallen with their particular situation in life since God orders all so
that everyone has the opportunity to approach him..through munificence one is
inclined to give heroically and be generous as the widow who gave a few pennies
although these were offered at a great price since she herself was quite poor
materially....courage enables one to face opposition in the daily practice of
faith and to repress the fear of reproach or scorn and not to turn limpid or
give up when the dryness and crosses of the spiritual life are sent after the
initial good feelings of finding God are encountered....
..if one is inclined to patience and well ordered in their spiritual
inclinations they will be obedient to their spiritual superiors and so take
what the local Bishop at Medjugorje has
said to heart and pray for him as we all should as good Christians might who
live in the confidence of charity and good hope of a unified life
everlasting.....
...now let us hear what the saints tell us about the virtues annexed to holy
Fortitude....
“patience is the companion of
wisdom”......St. Augustine
“if i be worthy, i live for my
god to teach the heathen, even though they despise me.”
“I am patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet i am established here
in ireland where i profess myself bishop. I am certain in my heart that
"all that i am," i have received from God. So i live among barbarous
tribes, a stranger and exile for the love of God......
....St Patrick
Reprimand and rebuke should be accepted as healing
remedies for vice and as conducive to good health. From this it is clear that
those who pretend to be tolerant because they wish to flatter-----those who thus fail to correct sinners-----actually cause them to suffer supreme loss and plot the destruction of
that life which is their true life…..
..St. Basil the
Great
“Patience is power…it is not an absence of action…rather
it is timing…..it waits on the right time to act….for the right principles…and
in the right way..”
….Bishop Fulton
Sheen (Venerable Servant of God)
As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in
the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive that
form which our Lord desires them to have.
--St. Madeline Sophie Barat
--Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified …"The Little Arab"
…amen
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