We may make them in this manner:
AN ACT OF FAITH.
O my God! I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. I believe that the Divine Son became man, and died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, who canst neither deceive nor be deceived.
AN ACT OF HOPE.
O my God! relying on Thy infinite goodness and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of Thy grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.
AN ACT OF CHARITY.
O my God! I love Thee above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because Thou are all-good and worthy of all love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured.
Charity here means love.
10. What is acquired virtue?
Virtue is called acquired, inasmuch as it is a faculty which, with the assistance of God, we acquire by constant practice.
11. What do we generally call those virtues which can be acquired by practice?
We call them 'Moral Virtues', because they regulate our moral conduct according to the will of God.
12. Which among them are the four 'Cardinal'1 or 'Principal Virtues' in which all the others are included?
1. Prudence; 2. Justice; 3. Fortitude: and 4. Temperance (Wis. viii. 7).
