{"id":657,"date":"2018-09-06T15:40:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T20:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/?page_id=657"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T01:13:48","slug":"temp-i-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/temp-i-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Temp I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Schedule for Temporary\u00a0Formation<br \/>\nYear I: Virtues and Gifts of the Holy Spirit [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TEMP-I-Program-Schedule-updated-4-10-18.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Info Graphic: <a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/spiritual-edifice-image-lagrange\/\">Garrigou Lagrange, The Spiritual Edifice<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Required Texts:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CCC <em>Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Lehodey, Rt. Rev. Dom Vitalis. <i>The Ways of Mental Prayer<\/i>.<br \/>\n(Charlotte, North Carolina: Tan Books, 1982.) [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lehodey-MentalPrayer.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] [Download:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/strobertbellarmine.net\/books\/Lehodey--MentalPrayer.pdf\">http:\/\/strobertbellarmine.net\/books\/Lehodey&#8211;MentalPrayer.pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><i>Christian Prayer <\/i>(Red Book) (New York: Catholic Book Publishing Corp., 1976) or the Four-volume set of Liturgy of the Hours<\/li>\n<li>Ferrell, Walter <i>My Way of Life (<\/i>Confraternity of the Precious Blood, 1952)<\/li>\n<li>Lagrange, Garrigou.\u00a0 <i>Three Ages of the Interior Life<\/i>, Vol. 1.\u00a0 (Rockford, IL:\u00a0 1947). (See each individual meeting entry for excerpt to download; you do not need to buy the book.)<\/li>\n<li>Cameron, Rev. Peter J., O.P.\u00a0<em>The Gifts of the Holy Spirit According to St. Thomas Aquinas.<\/em> (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2002.) [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-Gifts-of-the-Holy-Spirit-Fr.-Peter-Cameron.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] [Download:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/un\/en\/resources\/_cis\/_cis360.pdf\">https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/un\/en\/resources\/_cis\/_cis360.pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Marshall, Taylor R.\u00a0<i>Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages: A Quick Layman\u2019s Guide to\u00a0Thomism. (<\/i>Electronic Copyright 2013 by Taylor R. Marshall.) Free download:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/taylormarshall.com\/2013\/05\/free-book-is-ready-thomas-aquinas-in-50.html\">http:\/\/taylormarshall.com\/2013\/05\/free-book-is-ready-thomas-aquinas-in-50.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>St. Catherine of Sienna,\u00a0<em>The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Sienna<\/em> [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/THE-DIALOGUE-OF-SAINT-CATHERINE-OF-SIENA.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] [Download: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicplanet.com\/ebooks\/Dialogue-of-St-Catherine.pdf\">http:\/\/www.catholicplanet.com\/ebooks\/Dialogue-of-St-Catherine.pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Recommended\u00a0Reading:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>De Sales, Francis. <em>Introduction to the Devout Life.<\/em> \u00a0(Vintage Books, 2002) [Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicspiritualdirection.org\/devoutlife.pdf\">https:\/\/www.catholicspiritualdirection.org\/devoutlife.pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>September &#8211; Meeting 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Powers of the Human Soul<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the human person as a substantial union of body and soul<\/li>\n<li>Distinguish between the spiritual and the sensitive powers of the soul<\/li>\n<li>Distinguish btw irascible and the concupiscible emotions (passions) and list them<\/li>\n<li>Define \u201cvirtue\u201d according to Thomas\/Aristotle<\/li>\n<li>Distinguish between natural and supernatural virtues<\/li>\n<li>Identify the 3 theological virtues and the 4 moral (cardinal) virtues<\/li>\n<li>Identify which powers the virtues perfect<\/li>\n<li>List the qualities of a virtuous act (CCC 1834)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nMarshall, Taylor R. <i>Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages: A Quick Layman\u2019s Guide to Thomism<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pp 31-35 (Powers and Passions)<\/li>\n<li>pp 35-38 (Moral Virtues)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lagrange, Garrigou. <i>Three Ages of the Interior Life<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part 1 &#8211; Chapter 3:<br \/>\nArticle 1, (The Natural Life and the Supernatural Life of the Soul)<br \/>\npp 56-61 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lagrange-Volume-1-Ch-3-Articles-I-II-and-III-Sept-Oct.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] or access from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/tta7.php#bk1\">http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/tta7.php#bk1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CCC 1803-1811; 1834 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Excerpts-from-CCC-Meeting-I-September-Temp-I.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1hnofBQjohHVANyPnxrOliUynhO-LbTCw\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Day of Recollection<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>November &#8211; Meeting 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theological Virtues and Moral Virtues<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define the term Theological<\/li>\n<li>Explain St. Thomas&#8217;s development of the moral life through the action of man&#8217;s reason and will<\/li>\n<li>Distinguish between natural virtues and infused virtues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marshall, Taylor R. <i>Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages: A Quick Layman\u2019s Guide to Thomism<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pp 61-66 (Supernatural Theological Virtues)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lagrange, Garrigou. <i>Three Ages of the Interior Life<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part 1 &#8211; Chapter 3:<br \/>\nArticle II, (The Theological Virtues)<br \/>\npp 61-66<\/li>\n<li>Article III, (The Moral Virtues)<br \/>\npp 66-77<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lagrange-Volume-1-Ch-3-Articles-I-II-and-III-Sept-Oct.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] or access from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/tta7.php#bk2\">http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/tta7.php#bk2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Farrell, Walter. <em>My Way of Life<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part II &#8211; Chapter 7<br \/>\n&#8220;Unity in Human Action&#8221;<br \/>\npp 235-240<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CCC 1812-1829 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Excerpts-from-CCC-Meeting-2-October-Temp-I.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SPyRScD8ZIlYqEbyAw7UUZEzTTx9i7-b\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>December &#8211; Meeting 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gifts of the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the nature of the Gifts (pp 6-7)<\/li>\n<li>Distinguish between virtues and the Gifts<\/li>\n<li>List the 7 Gifts and when we receive them<\/li>\n<li>Readers may find it helpful to fill in the chart (see <a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Guided-Reading-Chart-Temp.-I-Program.pdf\">PDF<\/a>) while reading. Identify the following for each gift:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>effects of its operation on Earth<\/li>\n<li>effects of its operation in Heaven<\/li>\n<li>the corresponding Beatitude(s)<\/li>\n<li>the virtue(s) perfected to the virtue(s) made perfect by this Gift<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cameron, Rev. Peter J., O.P.<em> The Gifts of the Holy Spirit According to St. Thomas Aquinas<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The chapters on <em>Fear of the Lord, Piety, Knowledge, Fortitud<\/em>e<br \/>\npp 1-22 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/The-Gifts-of-the-Holy-Spirit-Fr.-Peter-Cameron-1.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lagrange, Garrigou. <i>Three Ages of the Interior Life<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part III &#8211; Chapter 7<br \/>\n&#8220;The Spiritual Edifice in Proficients&#8221; pp 72+76<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/spiritual-edifice-image-lagrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Access here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11CHuPo8NYgUucf2zxEd1QUijv6nAXmAy\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>January &#8211; Meeting 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gifts of the Holy Spirit continued and in Mary<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continue as above for the Gifts of Counsel, Understanding, Wisdom (using Guided Reading Chart)<\/li>\n<li>Consider the operation of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Mary<\/li>\n<li>Understand the conditions required for docility to the Holy Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cameron, Rev. Peter J., O.P.<em> The Gifts of the Holy Spirit According to St. Thomas Aquinas<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapters on <i>Counsel, Understanding, and Wisdom.<\/i><br \/>\npp 22-42.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lagrange, Garrigou. <i>Three Ages of the Interior Life<\/i>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part III &#8211; Chapter 22:<br \/>\n&#8220;Conditions Required for Docility to the Holy Ghost&#8221;<br \/>\npp 233-236 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lagrange-Volume-2-Ch-22selections-Docility-to-the-Holy-Ghost-December.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] or access from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/tta71.php#bk3\">http:\/\/christianperfection.info\/tta71.php#bk3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bHpSXTWLXwQZT1JdPvYj2ZB3DxWsfYaz\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>February &#8211; Meeting 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gifts of the Holy Spirit to Mental Prayer<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify the four components of mental prayer<\/li>\n<li>Differentiate between vocal prayer and mental prayer<\/li>\n<li>Define active prayer and passive prayer<\/li>\n<li>Identify the three degrees of mental prayer: purgative, illuminative, and unitive<\/li>\n<li>Understand the Christian tradition of the life of prayer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lehodey, Dom Vitalis, O.C.R.\u00a0<em>The Ways of Mental Prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part I (On Prayer in General), Chs I-V<br \/>\npp 1-59 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lehodey-MentalPrayer_p1_c1-5.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>St. Catherine of Sienna.\u00a0<em>The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Sienna.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Treatise on Discretion&#8221; How This Bridge Has Three Steps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CCC 2697-2745 Life of Prayer (Expressions of Prayer) [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Excerpts-from-CCC-Meeting-5-January.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_7CbnUX_ls23Bzxf088N1uFKtfLe0B-Q\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>March &#8211; Meeting 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mental Prayer<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"one_half\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the components of mental prayer: considerations, affections, petitions, and resolutions<\/li>\n<li>Define terms: discursive, affective, active contemplation, passive contemplation, acquired contemplation, prayer of simplicity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><strong>Readings\/Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lehodey, Dom Vitalis, O.C.R.\u00a0<em>The Ways of Mental Prayer.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part I, Ch. VI (Consolations and Dryness)<br \/>\npp 60-82 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lehodey-MentalPrayer_p1_c6.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Part II (On Ordinary Mental Prayer), Chs. I-VI<\/li>\n<li>pp 83-162 [<a href=\"http:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lehodey-MentalPrayer_P2_c1-6.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recommended Reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>De Sales, Francis. <em>Introduction to the Devout Life.<\/em> \u00a0(Vintage Books, 2002)<br \/>\nPart I, Chs. IX-XVIII (Examples of Meditation)<br \/>\n[Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicspiritualdirection.org\/devoutlife.pdf\">https:\/\/www.catholicspiritualdirection.org\/devoutlife.pdf<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jXNkkzxHP2hd-b6q_dCYS3zwlLLSrmZl\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>April and May &#8211; Meeting 7 and 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"one_half\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Garrigou-Lagrange, <em>The Three Ages of the Interior Life, Part 3, The Illuminative Way of the Proficients<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianperfection.info\/tta53.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianperfection.info\/tta52.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianperfection.info\/tta53.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianperfection.info\/tta54.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianperfection.info\/tta55.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"one_half column-last\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Study Questions<\/strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1bkocAd8xZEkN_JLhsI9N_sawWR3xRVpK\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-657","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6SsaO-aB","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3051,"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions\/3051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/3optn.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}