ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionI. The Theological VirtuesChapter 1: Faith and the Life of Christian Virtue1. What the Angels See: Nature and Grace2. Natural and Gospel Law3. The Virtuous Life4. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit5. Faith and the Gifts of Understanding and Knowledge6. The Gift of Wisdom7. Our Lady and the Recollected LifeChapter 2: Theological Hope and Christian Expectation1. The Virtuousness of Theological Hope2. Hope and the Promise of Happiness3. Hope and the Love of Desire4. The Provisional Character of Hope5. Despair as Anticipation of Nonfulfillment6. The False Hope of Presumption7. The Gift of the Fear of the LordChapter 3: Theological Charity and Communio1. Charity, the Realization of Friendship2. The Distinctiveness of Christian Virtue3. Charity, the Form of the Infused Moral Virtues4. Persons in the Communio5. The Priorities of Charity6. The Realization of Christian Communio7. The Fruits of CharityII. The Moral VirtuesChapter 4: Christian Prudence and Practical Wisdom1. “But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16)2. What Is Christian Virtue?3. The Nature of Christian Prudence4. Prudence and the Moral Virtues5. The Elements of Prudence6. The Vices Opposed to Prudence7. The Gift of CounselChapter 5: Christian Justice and Human Society1. “But strive first for the kingdom of God and his justice” (Mt 6:33)2. The Justum, or the Right3. The Virtue of Justice4. The Virtues Allied to Justice5. Religion6. The Acts of the Virtue of Religion7. The Gift of PietyChapter 6: Fortitude and the Courage of Christ1. Christian Anthropology and Human Emotion2. The Virtues of Personal Discipline3. Virtue and Value-Free Theories4. The Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude5. Fortitude and Martyrdom6. The Vices and Sins against Fortitude7. The Components of Fortitude, and the Gift of the Holy SpiritChapter 7: Christian Moderation and Temperance1. Human Action and Human Biology2. The Dignity of the Human Person3. The Virtue of Temperance4. The Makeup and Kinds of Temperance5. Chastity, Abstinence, and Sobriety6. The Vices Opposed to Temperance7. Infused Temperance and Christian HumilityBibliography