President's Blog
Temperance
May 02, 2025
The virtue this week is TEMPERANCE
The virtue of Temperance, or Moderation, is the strength that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods.
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1809
Temperance … ensures the will's mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable.
“To live well is nothing other than to love God with all one's heart, with all one's soul and with all one's efforts; from this it comes about that love is kept whole and uncorrupted (through temperance).”
-St. Augustine
Bishop, Father and Doctor of the Church
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church #1811
It is not easy for man, wounded by sin, to maintain moral balance.
Christ's gift of salvation offers us the grace necessary to persevere in the pursuit of the virtues.
Everyone should always ask for this grace of light and strength, frequent the sacraments, cooperate with the Holy Spirit, and follow his calls to love what is good and shun evil.
The vice is INTEMPERANCE
The weakness to not moderate nor restrain the attraction of pleasures and is not balanced in the use of created goods.
In Christ's Peace
Daniel Minter
President
Assumption Catholic Schools
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