Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life.

Do you know the four key virtues every human person needs to be happy if they want to

thrive in life to really flourish the four virtues we need to be successful, not just in our careers, but in our

relationships, in our families, and just to have a successful life. These four virtues are

commonly called the four cardinal virtues. Maybe you've heard about that, the

cardinal virtues. Why are they called the cardinal virtues? Because the word cardinal

is rooted in the Latin word for hinge. The idea is that these four virtues are like the hinges of our lives.

Our lives hinge on whether we have these virtues, how well we develop them, how well we draw upon them in our day-to-day lives.

What are those four crucial virtues, prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.

Temperance are self-control.

Now there's the three amazing theological virtues,

faith, hope, and charity, and those are even greater

and more important.

We'll talk about those maybe on another podcast,

but today I want to focus on what are known as these four natural virtues, the cardinal virtues that are the hinges for our lives.

So welcome to the All Things Catholic Podcast. I'm your host Edward Sri and I want to wish you all a happy new year.

Yes, I said happy new year because the Catholic Church celebrates the new liturgical year at the beginning of Advent every year.

It's the beginning of a whole new church year.

The liturgical year starts and we are entering into this amazing season of Advent.

We talked about that in last week's episode a little bit. season of Advent. Advent.

We talked about that in last week's episode a little bit.

And I just want to shout out to all families out there that are trying to do things in their home

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