303 FORTITUDE

YOUCAT Lesson 303

YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic youth

303  What does it mean to have fortitude?

Someone who practices fortitude preserves in his commitment to the good, once he has recognized it, even if in the extreme case he must sacrifice his own life for it.  [1808, 1837]  295

…….Photo above: …..Malala Yousafzai,  the girl that the Taliban shot in an assasination attempt, shown here attending a Girl Summit 2014. …..303

Malala Yousafzai ( born 12 July 1997)s a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially education of women in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school.  Her advocacy has since grown into an international movement. –Wikipedia

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“For the valiant man, fortune and misfortune are like his right and left hands; he uses both.”  St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

  

1808, 1837

The cardinal virtues

 …….1808   Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life. The virtue of fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions. It disposes one even to renounce and sacrifice his life in defense of a just cause. "The Lord is my strength and my song."( Psalm 118:14.)⁷⁰ "In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."( John 16:33.)⁷¹ –Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition

IN BRIEF

…….1837 Fortitude ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. --CCC