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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents. So a little while ago,

I was able to visit New York City for the first time, a couple of years ago I think, and I wrote

in the subway. I never read in a subway before. But one of the things I noticed was

how people behaved on the subway. There were all these signs that were like, hey, on the subway,

do this, do this, do this, do this. Hey, don't put your makeup on in the subway. Don't do

feed up on the thing. There are all these rules that people seem to be not only accepting.

Like, yeah, these are the rules of the subway, but also they seem to be following. And I thought,

this is remarkable. And it actually made the subway experience more enjoyable. Here from Minnesota,

what do I know about subways? I'm thinking like, I've seen movies from the 80s where the subways

like the worst place to be. This was actually like taking a nice little train that was under the

ground and it was a little adventure for Father Mike. Why was it an adventure? Why was it pleasant?

Because of courtesy. And you're like, oh, excuse me, courtesy. Nice. What a great topic.

But did you know that courtesy is a virtue? Cursey, not one of the four cardinal virtues,

not one of the three theological virtues, but it actually is a virtue. No, it comes from the word

courtesy, courtesy, comes from the court. Like, so back in the day, if you were in the presence of

royalty in the presence of the king, there was a certain way that you would act. And there was

a certain way that king would act. Here we are. We're in this unique situation where king is talking

to, you know, servant where, where prince is talking to popper, like, hold this kind of situation,

where how do we address each other? Well, here's some rules of the court, courtesy, right?

Courtesy. Here's some rules of the court that help us communicate in a way that acknowledges

the person speaking, acknowledges the person being spoken to, and acknowledges the dignity that's

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