JOHNNY'S BLOG - 2

  ON VALENTINE'S DAY -  KNIGHTS IN SHINING ARMOR   A damsel in distress rescued by a brave man can be addressed as her knight in shining armor .   The patron Saint Valentine , the advocate of love, can be remembered on this occasion of finding the knight in shining armor.   A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR definition: Someone who saves you from a difficult or dangerous situation . An   idealised   or   chivalrous   man who comes to save a woman in a difficult situation can be called her knight in shining armor. Saint Valentine was the greatest protagonist of love. He was executed on February 14th, AD 269 . To commemorate the message of love propagated by Saint Valentine, Valentine’s Day is celebrated globally on February 14th. Many countries observe “Valentine’s Day” as a holiday.     The Roman Emperor Claudius II summoned Saint Valentine, the popular priest of the Roman Empire who spread the doctrine of love, and offered Claudius...

7 CARDINAL SINS vs 7 GOOD (HEAVENLY) VIRTUES Pope Gregory I The seven deadly sins according to the Catholic Church are Pride , Greed , Lust , Wrath , Envy , Gluttony and Sloth .  Lust, for example, could result in adultery, which is a mortal sin (also called a cardinal sin ). St. Gregory the Great (who reigned as pope from 590 to 604) enumerated the seven cardinal sins in his authoritative 6th-century text Moralia in Job . They were further elaborated in the 13th century by St. Thomas Aquinas . In 590, Pope Gregory I rewrote the list of sins, changing them to lust, avarice, sloth, envy, wrath, gluttony and pride; the revised virtues became chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility. St. Gregory the Great (born c. 540, Rome [Italy]—died March 12, 604, Rome; Western feast day, September 3 [formerly March 12, still observed in the East]) was the pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, from 590 to 604. A reformer and an excellent administ...