Becoming a Saint: Wisdom from Aquinas to Grow in Virtue
COURSE CONTENT
Becoming a Saint: Understanding Virtue and Growing in Intensity
Acting Like a Saint: Correctly Identifying the Virtuous Mean
Approaching Sainthood: Stages of Growth Toward Virtue
Playing to Your Strengths: Using the Connectivity of the Virtues
Seeing Yourself Like a Saint: Identifying and Eliminating False Virtues
Walking with the Saints: Imitating the Virtuous Exemplar
Praying to the Saints: Infused Virtues and the Sacramental Life
Praying to the Saints: Infused Virtues and the Sacramental Life
In this final lesson, Dr. Whitmore offers his ultimate strategy for growing in virtue and guides you through the nature of grace, union with God, and the idea of deification. He explains the unity of the moral life, liturgy, and the spiritual life—as well as how the sacraments connect to growth in virtue. Dr. Whitmore explores how the life of grace gives you access to the infused virtues, and the paramount importance of charity on the path to becoming a saint.