Choose a topic from Part 2B:
1. We have seen that the virtue of piety disposesa person to venerate those who have excellence and who bestowbenefit on him. Piety thus venerates God, parents, kinsfolk, andcountry. Now we speak of the supernatural piety which is a gift ofthe Holy Ghost. By this gift a person exercises the supernaturalvirtue of filial piety towards God, and worships him as theall-perfect and all-loving Father.
2. Because meekness removes from the soul theobstacles which obstruct the exercise of piety towards God as ourFather, it is said that the gift of piety finds a specialcorrespondence in the second beatitude: "Blessed are the meek,for they shall possess the earth" (Matt. 5:4).
"Men should often renew their good resolutions, and not lose heart because they are tempted against them."
St Philip Neri
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"Whoever wants to stand alone without the support of a master and guide will be like the tree that stands alone in a field without a proprietor. No matter how much the tree bears, passers-by will pick the fruit before it ripens.
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St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"It is well to choose some one good devotion, and to stick to it, and never to abandon it."
St Philip Neri
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