In a world today when faithful Catholics are being called ridged just because they hold fast to the letter and to the tradition, and when faithful Catholics are being fired from teaching positions and banned from teaching positions in the Church, while those who reject the dogma are being celebrated for their sins, the exhibition of this virtue of fortitude is becoming so vitally important to cling to. It is also the virtue that the liturgy and the Readings at Mass for this 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time are instilling in us.