Viri Virtutes Spring 2023 Homework Assignments
Jan. 23. Introduction and overview of the course. The Kerygma.
Assignment: Read prayerfully this week: Ez. 34.14-16; Jer. 29. 11-13; Acts. 4. 9-12; Jn. 11.21-27;Rom. 5.6-8; Isa. 53.4-6; Col. 1. 13-14; Rev. 3.20.
Jan. 30. The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Assignment: Read pages 12-20 of “Personal Prayer and Scripture,” to include the Sections on “The Window Opens (lectio divina)” and “Obstacles to Personal Prayer”.
Personal Prayer and Scripture by Tom Lulling
Feb. 6. Growing as Jesus’ Disciple
Assignment: Decide this week on a regular time and place to pray each day. Read the following passages in scripture on the Holy Spirit and the flesh: e.g. Gal. 5. 13-25; Rom. Chs. 6-8, esp. ch. 8; Eph. 1.1-2.10.
Feb. 13. The Perfect Way
Assignment: Read Gal. 5.16–25 and “A Brief Description of the Fruit of the Spirit“, pray, and determine which fruit of the Spirit and which work of the flesh that you should work on for the near foreseeable future.
Take The Four Temperaments Quiz.
Feb. 20, The Temperament God Gave Us
Assignment: Read “Which Temperament is Mine?” (8 pages); “Discovering Your Secondary Temperament” [11 pages]. What is your temperament?
Feb. 27. Virtue Part I
Assignment: Review notes of the talk. Read “The Temperaments and the Spiritual Life”.
Mar. 6. Virtue Part II
Assignment: Review notes of the talk. Study “The Seven Sanctifying Gifts of the Holy Spirit”.
Mar. 13. Virtue Part III
Assignment: Read “Bought with a Price” by the Most Rev. Paul S. Loverde.
Mar. 20. Chastity Part I
Assignment: Read “The Science behind Pornography” by Kevin Majeres and the excerpts from The Augustine Way. This material is on the effects of pornography on the brain, and the formation of habits through cues, triggers, actions, and rewards.
Mar. 27. Chastity Part II
Homework: Pray and reflect upon the virtue of chastity to decide what kinds of commitments and decisions will help you be more victorious.
Assignment: Read “Nine Benefits to Going to Confession Frequently” and “Does Reception of the Holy Eucharist at Holy Communion Increase the Supernatural Life of Our Soul?”.
April 3. Discernment of God’s Will for You
Assignment: Read “The Spiritual Battle: How Satan Tempts Us and What We Can Do to Resist” and “Victory over Spiritual Warfare”.
Pray with 1 Pt. 5. 6-11; Ephesians 6. 10-18.
April 10. The Spiritual Battle
Assignment: “Praying through State in Life”.
April 17. Praying through Your State in Life
No Assignment
April 24. Certification ceremony in the church
Team prays over men who wish prayer.
Dinner with women.