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1838 Temperance moderates the attraction
of the pleasures of the senses and provides balance in the
use of created goods. 1839 The
moral virtues grow through education, deliberate acts and
per severance in struggle. Divine grace pur i fies and
elevates them. 1840 The theological virtues dispose Christians to
live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. They have God
for their origin, their motive and their object —
God known by faith, God hoped in and loved for his own sake.
1841 There are three theological virtues: faith,
hope and charity. They inform all the moral virtues and give
l~fe to them. 1842 By faith, we believe in God and believe all
that he has revealed to us and that Holy Church pro poses
for our belief. 1843 By hope we desire, and with steadfast trust
a~waitfrom God, eternal ljfe and the graces to merit it.
1844 By charity, we love God above all things and
our neighbour as ourselves for love of God. Charity, the
form of all the virtues, ‘binds everything together
in perfect harmony’ (Col 3:14). 1845 The seven gjfis of the Holy Spirit bestowed
upon Christians are wisdom, understanding,
counsel,fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord. L Mercy and Sin 1846 The Gospel is the revelation in Jesus Christ of God’s mercy 430 to sinners.”3 The angel announced to Joseph: ‘You shall call his ameJesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”4 The same ~s true of the Eucharist, the sacrament of redemption: ‘This is my 1365 lood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the orgiveness of sins.”5 1847 ‘God created us without us: but he did not
will to save us ithout us.”6 To receive his mercy, we
must admit our faults. ‘If 387, 1455 e say we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
s. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will
forgive ur sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”7 848 As St
Paul affirms, ‘Where sin increased, grace abounded all
e more.”8 But to do its work grace must uncover sin so
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