Talking about Virtue in Bartlesville – Episode 48

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A special thanks to Fr. Michael Pratt from St. John before the Latin Gate for allowing us to do a live recording after a men’s conference last week. We talk about Catholic virtue and how it applies to the Catholic man’s life.

Man Drink: White Horse Whisky

Man Gear: Sharpening Stone

Man Topic: Virtue

White Horse delivers a smooth and distinctive taste, the result of an intriguing blend of crisp grain, clean malt and earthy peat. Drink it as the connoisseurs do…On the rocks or with a splash of soda or water. White Horse also enjoys the company of mixers such as Appletiser, ginger ale, lemonade and cola. Go ahead – experiment.

White Horse is an extraordinary Scotch, not least of all because it is a blend of 40 whiskies drawn from a select range of malt and grain whiskies from across the Highlands, Lowlands and Islay. The result is an intriguing blend that resonates with undertones of the Islay malts at its heart – Caol Ila and Lagavulin to name but two – all characterised by the salt-laden sea spray that soaks the peat used the dry the malted barley.

Sharpening stones, water stones or whetstones are used to grind and hone the edges of steel tools and implements. Examples of items that may be sharpened with a sharpening stone include scissors, scythes, knives, razors and tools such as chisels, hand scrapers and plane blades. Though it is sometimes mistaken as a reference to the water often used to lubricate such stones, the word “whetstone” is a compound word formed with the word “whet”, which means to sharpen a blade, not the word “wet”. The process of using a sharpening stone is called stoning.

The word “virtue” is used as a synonym for goodness or sobriety or some likable personality trait, but the Church uses the term in a much more precise way. Virtues are special graces given by God to the soul for the accomplishment of particular objectives. They inhere in the soul and are subject to strengthening or weakening. The Church distinguishes between two general categories of virtues: theological and moral.

Faith, hope, and charity are called theological virtues because they are the most important characteristics in a Christian’s life, as Paul explains in Romans 5:1-5 and 1 Corinthians [13:13]. They pertain (exclusively, in the case of faith and hope, and primarily, in the case of charity) to one’s relationship with God.

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