Achieving Virtue

[mariafransisca1]

To achieve virtue, we must pray the rosary.

How to recite the rosary well? Here’s a method from St. Louis the Montfort:

montfort.org.uk/Writings/MSR.html

And ask for the graces.

If we need the virtue of humility. Say, before each decade, God, give me the grace of the virtue humility. Because without your grace I can do nothing. For I am nothingness and misery itself.

There are many virtues we would like to achieve,
Like modesty, chastity, obedience, poverty, mortification, faith, hope, love.

The chief virtue of all is love. Love of God and love of neighbor. It binds all other virtues, and perfects it.

As a catholic, we need to pray, to receive the sacraments frequently (penance {weekly} and eucharist), and to study. To learn

Receiving eucharist without penance first is like receiving a source of Grace, that is Jesus himself, but we haven’t prepare ourselves. To receive the King of kings. Holy of holies. Shouldn’t we be holy before receiving God the most holy?

And, we must pray. Be vigilant. Ask forgiveness everytime we fall.

We cannot be a good catholic without learning.

You can learn how the saints practice their virtues, how they achieve them,
here’s a basic example of St. Anthony mary Claret:
saintsworks.net/books/St.%20Anthony%20Mary%20Claret%20-%20The%20Autobiography%20of.pdf

You should learn about virtues from the book of the saints, from catechisms of the church, and from imitating the life of Jesus

To live a devout life, is to be virtuous.

Montforian works are also good resources to study. We must study the life of the saints, not all lay catholics. Because we must learn how to become holy, and how to be a saint.

montfort.org.uk/Writings/MontWork.html

You can find the resources to study about the catholic faith here:

everycatholicblog.blogspot.com

It’s fun:thumbsup:

After reading this, I guarantee you’d be a better informed catholics

 

[JRKH]

maria,
Your opening statment: “To achieve virtue, we must pray the rosary”, is false.

I know of no Catholic Dogma or Doctrine that requires a person to pray the rosary in order to acheive virtue, or attain sanctification. Thus your use of teh term “must” is incorrect.
Please note here that I am not discounting the Rosary, a beautiful and most useful private devotion, but for the sake of clarity and accuracy in Catholic teaching, I felt I must point this out.

If you were to repharse the statement in this manner, I believe it would be more accurate.
“To achieve virtue, we must pray. The Rosary is shown to be an excellent way to pray and to deepen our faith and attain graces to build virtue”.

Again - please do not take this as a slam on the Rosary. I am merely correcting what I believe is an error in teaching.

Peace
James

 

[mariafransisca1]

Oh yes, you are right.

I don’t know where my head was

To achieve virtue we must pray.
Pray without ceasing. In all things give thanks. (1 Thes 5, 17-18)

Pray and be vigilant, as Jesus exhorts us.

But it’s that sometimes we do not know what to pray. Rosary is an excellent way to pray, and it will help you to build virtue and achieve salvation. Mother mary’s prayer is indispensable.
She is one of a kind.
and…

But praying the rosary is not enough, we must imitate the virtues of Jesus and mary, that is humility, purity, obedience, poverty, mortification, faith, hope and love.

And you can achieve that by asking each grace for each virtue, say, Mother, give me the virtue of humility, and protect me from pride
(in the rosary prayer)
Mother, obtain for me grace of the virtue of purity, and protect me from sins of impurity

Next decade
Mother, obtain for me the virtue of obedience and protect me from sins of disobedience, especially to the will of God.

Most of all, Mother, obtain for me the virtue of love of God and love of neighbor, for love of God.

I know I do not have this virtue, but little by little if I ask you, I believe you will obtain me God’s holy love

Most of all, obtain for me the forgiveness of my sins, the mercy of God, and protection from the fires of hell, by your prayers, carry me in your arms, and take me to the heavenly abode safe and sound.

There you go, little by little you will grow in virtue. I myself am surprised that by acknowledging that we do not have the virtues, we must ask, and all my dreams, of becoming pure, is little by little realized, while for years, I just stuck in a rut, even though I did pray the rosary, without asking for graces.

You must try:thumbsup:

Here’s another way to honor Our Lady
Little office of the blessed virgin mary
liturgies.net/Liturgies/Catholic/LittleOffice.htm

She will help you to build virtues, and be holy.

I was once really dedicated to worldly pleasures, but by praying the rosary devoutly all the three mysteries everyday (morning, noon, night), she led me, little by little to the light, that is Jesus himself.

Voila, I hope I have clarify everything

I love you. God loves you more

May the merciful Jesus bless us and lead us to heaven.
Mother mary protect us and pray for us

 

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