Today’s readings move from incarnation to intellect to virtue: Athanasius reveals how the Word met humanity at its lowest point, taking flesh while remaining present everywhere; Augustine begins his powerful exchange with Volusianus by showing how reason itself witnesses to God’s nature; and Aquinas opens his treatment of the cardinal virtues, explaining why prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance stand at the hinge of the moral life (1 Corinthians 1:21).

Readings:

Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation, Sections 15–17

Augustine of Hippo, Letter 137 to Volusianus, Sections 1–5 (Part One)

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 61, Article 1

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