Today's Topics:1) The Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity “adapt man’s faculties for participationin the divine nature” and “directly relate to God. They dispose Christians to live in arelationship with the Holy Trinity,” and have as “their origin, motive, and object” theTriune God (CCC 1812),2) “Faith is the Theological Virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that He hassaid and revealed to us, and that Holy Church proposes for our belief, because He istruth itself” (CCC 1814),3) “Hope is the Theological Virtue by which we desire the Kingdom of Heaven and eternallife as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises and relying not on our ownstrength, but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit” (CCC 1817). “The Virtue ofHope responds to the aspiration of happiness which God has placed in the heart ofevery man” (CCC 1818),4) Charity is the last and the greatest of the three Theological Virtues. Charity is theTheological Virtue of love for God over all other things for His sake, and our love ofneighbor as ourselves (CCC 1822).Theme: "Salve Regina" performed by Floriani. All rights reserved. Used with permission. For more information please visit Floriani.org