Be Ready! The Virtue of Fortitude
St. Josemaria Institute Podcast
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Patience Is a Virtue Under Fortitude
If we have too little fear, if our fear is hardly there for an obstacle, we may actually be reckless. We need to find that right balance and fortitude finds the right balance with prudence. That's why all these virtues work together. As I was saying, the extreme example of fortitude that we have to look at is our Lord on the cross. He perseveres to the end. He doesn't complain. He forgives. And patience, we have the expression in English, patience is a virtue. Patience allows us to have charity. When we are impatient we can even destroy that which we have toiled so much to build and then get rid of it
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