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What's the definition of a virtue?
A habit of doing good
What are the four Cardinal Virtues?
Prudence, Temperance, Justice, Fortitude
What are the three Theological Virtues?
Faith, Hope, Charity (Love)
What term/name describes the opposites of the seven virtues?
The Seven Deadly Sins/The Seven Principal Vices/The Seven Capital Sins
What's justice?
the virtue which helps us to live honestly by respecting the rights of others, and by giving everyone their fair due (what they deserve; not necessarily giving everyone the same thing)
What's the definition of the Latin word for cardinal?
a hinge
What was the name of the event where Jesus taught the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes?
The Sermon on the Mount
What does the word beatitude mean?
"blessed"
What's the definition of the term vice?
bad habits of doing wrong actions
What's temperance?
the virtue that gives us the power to control ourselves; self-control
Who was Saint Dominic Savio's confessor (the priest he had Confession with)?
Saint John Bosco
What's fortitude?
the virtue that helps us to face every difficulty or danger with inner peace and courage; persevering through difficult times
What's prudence?
the ability to make the right choices in life
What's envy?
sadness over another's excellence or success (extreme jealousy); it means that if we cannot have what another has, then we don't want her/him to have it either; the opposite of this vice is sisterliness/brotherliness
What's Pride as a deadly sin?
distorted self importance; never seeking help; seeing yourself as more important than anything–even God
Summarize Saint Thomas More's story.
He was a respected attorney, political writer, and Chancellor of England in the 1500s. King Henry VIII, More's friend, was trying to get a divorce, but the pope wouldn't let him. Henry started his own Church, and More spoke out for a long time against Henry. More was finally put in the Tower of London, tortured, and then beheaded. His final words were, "I die the king's good servant, but God's first." He was the perfect example of the virtues of prudence and justice.
Summarize Saint Pancras' story.
He was a popular and athletic fourteen-year-old boy in Rome in the third and fourth century. He defeated another boy in a wrestling match, and that boy told the emperor Pancras was a Christian (which was illegal at the time). The emperor was friendly with Pancras and just told him to make an offer to the pagan gods. Pancras refused. He was condemned to death, paraded through the streets, whipped, mocked, and executed. This martyr's last words thanked Jesus for the suffering he was about to endure.
What's avarice?
The deadly sin of greed/covetousness
Summarize Saint Dominic Savio's story.
He was an Italian teenager who lived in the 1800s. He died from a painful disease at age fifteen. He didn't commit a single mortal sin because he was committed to temperance. He was extremely popular at his high school. He showed amazing self-control to avoid sin.
What is meekness?
power under control; patience that moderates anger and endures present evils without sadness or resentment; the opposite of the deadly sin of anger (rage)