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« on: July 22, 2010, 08:03:56 PM »

Fortitude strengthens a man's mind against the greatest danger, which is that of death.  Now fortitude is a virtue; and it is essential to virtue to tend to good; wherefore it is in order to pursue some good that man does not fly from the danger of death.  But the dangers of death arising out of sickness, storms at sea, attacks from robbers, and the like, do not seem to come on a man through his pursuing some good.  On the other hand, the dangers of death which occur in battle come to man directly on account of some good, because, to wit, he is defending the common good by a just fight. (ST. II-II.123, a. 5)

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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2010, 09:33:47 PM »

This reminds me of some of Our Lord's discourses on the military orders to St. Bridget of Sweden..

Moving stuff..

If I recall correctly from propehecy there's reason to believe the last order of the Church will be a military order..


 
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2010, 09:35:29 PM »

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If I recall correctly from propehecy there's reason to believe the last order of the Church will be a military order..

Very interesting!
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2010, 10:01:10 PM »

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If I recall correctly from propehecy there's reason to believe the last order of the Church will be a military order..

Very interesting!

Yes.. the saintly king's order will have priests.. and a military section.. and more.. I remember when we were talking about prophecies.. oh I want to look stuff up but it's time for bed..  Cheesy

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« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2010, 03:12:55 PM »

"Now let us set up three degrees or ranks, as you yourself were doing: positive, comparative, and superlative, or good, better, and best. To the first rank belong those whose thoughts were the following: 'We believe whatever the holy church teaches. We do not want to defraud anyone but to give back whatever has been fraudulently taken, and we want to serve God with all our heart.' There were people like that in the time of Romulus, the founder of Rome, and, after their own beliefs, they thought as follows:

'We understand and recognize through creatures that God is the Creator of all things and therefore we want to love him above all else.' There were also many who thought like this: 'We have heard from the Hebrews that the true God has revealed himself through manifest miracles. So, if we only knew where to place our trust, we would place it there.' We can say that all of these belonged to the first rank.

At the appointed time, Peter arrived in Rome. He raised some people to the positive rank, others to the comparative rank, and still others to the superlative. To the positive rank belonged those who accepted the true faith and lived in matrimony or in another honorable state. To the comparative rank belonged those who gave up their possessions out of love for God, and set others the example of a good life in words and example and deed and did not put anything ahead of Christ. To the superlative rank belonged those who offered their physical lives out of love for God. But let us make a search of these ranks to find out where there is now a more fervent love of God. Let us search among the knights and the learned. Let us search among the religious and those who have scorned the world. These people would be thought to belong to the comparative and superlative ranks. Yet, indeed, very few are found.

There is no life more austere than the life of a knight, if he truly follows his calling. While a monk is obliged to wear a cowl, a knight is obliged to wear something heavier, namely, a coat of mail. While it is hard for a monk to fight against the will of the flesh, it is harder for a knight to go forth among armed enemies. While a monk must sleep on a hard bed, it is harder still for the knight to sleep with his weapons. While a monk finds abstinence a burden and trouble, it is harder for the knight to be constantly burdened by fear for his life. Christian knighthood was not established out of greed for worldly possessions but in order to defend the truth and spread the true faith. For this reason, the knightly rank and the monastic rank should be thought to correspond to the superlative or comparative rank. However, those in every rank have deserted their honorable calling, since the love for God has been perverted into worldly greed. If but a single florin were offered them, most of them in all three ranks would keep silent about the truth rather than lose the florin and speak the truth."

- Our Lady to St. Bridget of Sweden
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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2010, 03:14:13 PM »

While it is hard for a monk to fight against the will of the flesh, it is harder for a knight to go forth among armed enemies. While a monk must sleep on a hard bed, it is harder still for the knight to sleep with his weapons. While a monk finds abstinence a burden and trouble, it is harder for the knight to be constantly burdened by fear for his life.

This was the part I remembered, as applying to the quote above. I knew I could find it! Deo gratias and the angels and archangels! . . I must get the grammar to add that part in Latin.
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2023, 06:16:12 PM »

Advent Prayer #3 mentions:   
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him --   
the spirit of wisdom and of understanding,   
the spirit of counsel and of fortitude,
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