Personal Study 16

Sixteenth Symbolon episode (“Living the Faith: A Catholic Moral Vision: Virtue, Grace, and the Path to Happiness")

• both parts of the episode available on Formed.org

• Questions to answer:

1. In the video we learned that freedom is not simply the ability to make choices. What, according to the presenter, is the hallmark of true freedom? What do we need to be truly free?  
2. How do we know whether our choices are morally good? What are the three elements of a good moral act?  
3. American novelist Mark Twain said: “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” What is your interpretation of this quote?

*E-mail answers to vincent@catholicgators.org

1. Name and define the three modes of discernment.
2. Describe the first mode of discernment and its dynamics.

1. Describe the second mode of discernment and its dynamics.