, bodily integrity andfreedom from all sin), but they are restored as to their formal part,which is the resolve to abstain from all venereal pleasure or to avoidall sin. Then,there is the teaching of the Church and of the Fathers and Doctors thatprayer is needed in order to observe the Commandments --(a) Fortitude itself is commandedboth in the Old and the New Testament. Thus, while children should not dishonor their parents underthe pretext of religion (Matt.
(a) The Gift of Fortitude is an infused habit which makes theappetitive powers readily responsive to the encouragement of the HolySpirit and filled with a courage that is more than human. , death) to himself, heis not bound by it, unless charity (see 1165, 1236) or justice callsfor the contrary. sin,because in the first two cases the prayer is short, while in the thirdcase the precept seems to be _sub levi_. --There is adivine precept of receiving Communion some time during life, since OurLord willed the Eucharist to be the necessary nourishment of the soul'sjourney (John, vi.
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