The Nobility of Virtue - The Conception - Bk 2 - Ch 5

The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus tells about the virtues and virtuous dispositions of the Virgin Mary, and the different types of virtue. She gets into more specific events in later chapters.  Our Heavenly Queen tells us about the importance of developing our virtues and the capacity for virtue, which are separate. She said, “Consider and always remember the great nobility of virtue, how it so enlightens and beautifies the soul, that even if there were no other gain or object, the desire of possessing it for its own sake would be entirely justifiable. Now, that which exalts virtue beyond all comparison is, that its final end is God himself, for whom truth and perfection, which are its constituents, must be primarily intended. As soon as virtues attain this their end, namely God himself, they will be the foundation of the happiness and blessedness of the creature.”