Living the Virtuous Life Part 3: Compassion
RFIS Retreat Talk #3 Compassion Virtues abound among the human race because God made us with the capability of doing great things and being amazing people. In my previous 2 blogs I have talked about the virtues of truth and self-discipline and there are so many others such as perseverance, courage, loyalty, responsibility and nobility. These are ones that you can really sink your teeth into. Ones that seem, if I may...masculine. Not macho or full of boyish bravado, but masculine in the best sense of the word. These are the virtues that you’d experience in war or in a rescue. Think of the middle ages, a popular movie genre these days, where deeds were done with bravery and uncommon valor. But these are all incomplete without the more feminine virtues of loveliness, praiseworthiness and compassion. In other words, we will fail to be virtuous people if we don’t pursue these as well. And the opposite is true: You may not think of yourself as a courageous or