Choose a topic from Part 2B:
1. Injustice is a special vice for it opposes the specialvirtue of justice. It has, however, the aspect of a general viceinasmuch as every vice strikes against the common good whichjustice serves.
2. A person may do an unjust thing-from ignorance,perhaps, or passion-without having the habit or vice ofinjustice. But to do what is unjust intentionally and by fullchoice is the mark of an unjust man, a man with the vice ofinjustice.
3. Injustice is found only in what is suffered againstone's will.
4. In its general essential kind, or genus,injustice is a grave sin. In small matters, however, it is a venialsin; slight acts are not in essential conflict with the good, andwith the fixed will, of the one who undergoes their effect orendures them.
"Obedience is a short cut to perfection."
St Philip Neri
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"Though the path is plain and smooth for people of good will, those who walk it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty if they do not have good feet, courage, and tenacity of spirit.
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St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"The essence of perfection is to embrace the will of God in all things, prosperous or adverse. In prosperity, even sinners find it easy to unite themselves to the divine will; but it takes saints to unite themselves to God's will when things go wrong and are painful to self-love. Our conduct in such instances is the measure of our love of God."
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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