To the Class of 2009

"Duc in Altum!"

We are headed for deep water, my beloved compatriots, and our ability to reach safe harbor depends on how well we are able to come together for God and Country as one nation among a greater family of nations - the one family of the nations of Mankind.

Indeed, it is becoming clear in the events all around us that the world must change and indeed, dear graduates of class 2009, you are, you will and you must become this change.

If there is one word that I would like for each of you to remember in your hearts together as a class of one, all of you graduates of 2009, before each of you begins to embark upon separate journeys into the greater world of our collective human hopes and dreams, it is this - truthfulness.

Truthfulness that is beyond scrupulosity, my friends, is the virtue that makes present the truth in the heart WHEN prudence dictates it and above all when charity commands it.

Scrupulosity is the vice that deceives the heart with illusions of sin where in reality sin is not present. It is harmful because it stirs in our souls, a seeking for absolute perfection in a world where absolute perfection is impossible.

To hear or tell that a person always tells the truth does not mean that that particular soul must absolutely and unconscionably be utterly and completely captive to the truth where in fact, it should be the reverse.

Because to be truthful implies all the more that moral judgment must always be exercised and not eliminated to make the truth consistently present especially when it counts.

Truth itself is the object of the virtue of truthfulness and this virtue treats it like a sharp sword that requires special handling and it is this special handling of the truth that is the primary act of the virtue of truthfulness.

It achieves right action by placing truth in the service of Christian charity.

Truthfulness is the beginning of the unraveling of the darkness so that you, our most precious Starshine, may be free to shine.

This whole world awaits what virtue you have been purposed by Almighty God to bless her with, so go now, all of you, O class of 2009, and with a right sense of sacred honor, courage and determination, fulfill it pro Deo et Patria - for God and Country!

My salutations to all of you, Peace.

Godspeed to All.
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Prosper the Peace. Prosper the People.

Sancta Sanctis!

Glory to God in the highest
Adoration to Jesus Christ
Peace to men of good will.