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Fr Ed Broom explains the virtue of PRUDENCE. Prudence according to its common usage is very different from PRUDENCE in the theological sense; in everday language prudence means – be careful – but in the theological sense, prudence is the art of decision making. This is the virtue that parents and adults should have. There are three parts of a prudential act: 1) Deliberation; 2) Decision; 3) Execution, meaning, carrying it out. This is very important for parents and priests. You have to be prudent. If you make important decisions, you have to think, the more important the action you make, the more time you need to spend in that.
Father Ed Broom, OMV, is Associate Pastor of St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and was ordained by Saint John Paul II on May 25, 1986. Fr Ed’s teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction.
