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MAGNANIMITY

  2 March 2016 Sharing my notes taken from Talk by Fr. Christopher Seith on Catholic Bytes  WHAT IS MAGNANIMITY Magnanimity literally means great soul.   It is the virtue that strives for excellence , which disposes men to do great things.   It is magnanimity that makes us focus on things that are above , on heavenly realities on God himself. ..Great things. Ephesians 4:22-24 Put off the old man that belongs to a former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lust, and be removed from the spirit of your minds and put on the new man, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” Colossians 3:1-2 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. MAGNANIMITY IS A VIRTUE Magnanimity is a virtue.   A virtue is a stable disposition of the soul that enables us to do good thi...