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Thomistic Institute.org. So remember last night he made that distinction between the Bonum

Cumune, common good, and Bono Camunia, for you Latin scholars, that's a great example of a

second to clinch and neuter, right, at the A ending there,

that didn't we see last night that it's not a common good because there weren't enough seats for all of us,

right? That because some of us were in there, some of us had to struggle to find a place to be.

So the thing about just war, isn't that a good, good image

there that the common good may require that we give up common goods, you know, things that are

good for us as a community, we may have to sacrifice. And in some cases, while we can never intend

the death of innocent people, of our own soldiers,

we recognize we do risk their lives, right, and the lives of other people who will be

affected by violence.

And so these things that are good, common goods, right, have to sometimes be given up,

and that's part of the tragedy of war.

So what I'm going to do in this talk, I mean, so I'm also reminded that it is Valentine's Day,

formerly the Feast of St. Valentine, no longer part of the universal calendar.

So I'll sort through how does Valentine fit into this, but that the goal of war is peace. And peace, in the highest sense, as we're going to talk

about this morning, is the fruit of love. So there's maybe is a good connection there between

them. How are we going to get St. Cyril and Methodius in there? We'll figure out some way.

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