Andrew ComiskeyNov 22, 20204 minRadical Wholeness: Day 40‘Aquinas assigns intemperance to the “roving unrest of spirit”, which he says is the first-born daughter of acedia (or sloth)…Acedia is...
Andrew ComiskeyNov 21, 20204 minAsexual Slump or Marvelous Desire? Day 39 ‘To begin with: for Thomas Aquinas it is plainly self-evident--indeed so self-evident that it need hardly be mentioned even to those but...
Andrew ComiskeyNov 18, 20204 minFortitude for Future Generations: Day 36‘To be brave actually means to be able to suffer injury. Because man is by nature vulnerable, he can be brave.’ (The Four Cardinal...
Andrew ComiskeyNov 16, 20203 minJustice and True Sexual Nature: Day 34‘Justice is the virtue which enables man to give to each one his due.’ (The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper, p. 44) ‘We cannot state...
Andrew ComiskeyNov 14, 20203 minPrudence: Decisive Reality: Day 32‘To be open to the truth of real things and to live by the truth that one has grasped is the essence of the moral being. Only when we...