This text on the theological and cardinal virtues of the Christian life asks the question: how can believers decide the moral good and live accordingly? It reflects on basic questions of Christian morality, offering a commentary on the corresponding sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

This book is about the virtues of the Christian life--both the theological virtues (faith, hope and charity) and the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance)--and it deals particularly with the question of how it is possible for believers to decide for the morally good and to live accordingly.

"C.'s discussion of justice is the most brilliant and helpful in this work...As we read his [Cessario's] rigorous analysis and observe his devotion of Mary, we see that C. himself is demonstrating the virtues of knowledge and piety in his theological reflection." -Theological Studies, 6/04