“What is truth?” Pilate asked Jesus. (John 18:38) Truth is telling things as they are. Truth is when your words and thoughts correspond to reality. Two plus two is four, the sky is blue and the earth is round. To say otherwise is false. Everything in the world is true and
December 15, 2022
There is a fascinating book entitled “The Obstacle is the Way” by Ryan Holiday. The book teaches us how we can draw good things from everything even in seemingly bad situations. For instance, if you have a terrible boss in the office, Mr. Holiday says you can look at it at
December 10, 2022
Some would call it discipline, others refer to it as willpower but I prefer to associate it with the virtue of temperance which is the Christian version of discipline or self-control. We can call it discipline, willpower, self-control or temperance and they all mean the same thing which is regulating our
December 8, 2022
If the virtue of courage regulates our fear, the virtue of self-control or discipline regulates our animal desires. We humans are partly spiritual and partly animal. We are not pure spirits like the angels and we are not pure animals like dogs. We are a combination of both. We have animalistic
December 1, 2022
How do we become more prudent? By being more wise. But how do we acquire wisdom? Wisdom is rooted in values. The term “values” is derived from the word valuable, or anything that is precious or important to us. When you ask a person, what are your values? It is tantamount
November 29, 2022
So as not to give up easily on our life goals or dreams, let’s list down some solid reasons we should not quit. These five pointers come from Patrick Pet-David, a successful entrepreneur in the U.S. and the author of video series on entrepreneurship entitled “Valuetainment.” First, we should not quit
November 24, 2022
By Engr. Carlos Cornejo My next virtue would be in honor of my basketball idol, Kobe Bryant. At the time of this writing, he just died from a helicopter crash along with his daughter and seven others on January 26, 2020, a Sunday morning. I was comforted to know that he just attended Holy Mass
November 19, 2022
Patience is a virtue under fortitude. We’ve defined fortitude as the human virtue that controls the negative emotions of despair, fear and anger in pursuing a difficult good even to the extent of facing dangers to our life. Aristotle would maintain that patience is so much like fortitude that she seems
November 16, 2022
To counter the capital sin of anger, we need to talk about its antidote. There are two beatitudes that confront the deadly sin of anger: meekness and its product, peacemaking. There are two definitions of meekness in the dictionary. The first one is that of manifesting patience and long-suffering or enduring
November 14, 2022
By Engr. Carlos Cornejo Human laws ought to be subordinated to divine law. Human beings suck at directing themselves without divine guidance. Just look at what happened to Communist Russia and Nazi Germany. When a society tries to rule without God, it could easily justify killing thousands if not millions for the “good” of the
November 10, 2022
The virtue of justice means doing the right thing towards others. Justice always involves this “otherness”, meaning it is always directed to another human being. St. Thomas Aquinas would define justice as the habit by which a person gives to each one what is his due or what another person deserves,
November 8, 2022
Loyalty is fulfilling a promise made by way of oath, or allegiance to a person or institution. It is under the virtue of justice. For loyalty to be virtuous, it must serve what is good. Blind loyalty is not a virtue but a vice. It is a misplaced loyalty which is
November 3, 2022