Elements of the Great Work

Prudence is an element of moral action which perfects the exercise of reason in Man, so that, in every activity it prepares and orders all things as is proper, controlling it (or governing everything whose action is subordinate to, and dependent upon it), so that everything wishes to do at every moment is for the perfect realization of every Virtue. 

As it is normally applied it is composed of several aspects, being  

A gift of the Holy Spirit corresponds to the Virtue of Prudence and that is the Gifiof Counsel. 

Tn this name we find a higher and transcendent inclination which perfects the exercise of reason in man. This particular inclination makes it prompt and docile to receive the Holy Spirit (without special pursuit), and all that is required for final illumination. This very inclination comes to our aid for the same human reason each time it is needed. For, even providing for all the virtues, acquired or instilled from birth, human reason remains forever subject to error or surprise, in the inf in ite complexity of circumstances which can affect his action, either for itself or for another. Tt is often the ensemble of snares that the virtue of Prudence allows us to avoid  

La r v rence al endroitde ce qu ont d iermin les plus Wise qui nousonl prtfctfdtfs. 

La reverence a Tendroit de ce qu ont determine les plus Wise qui nous ont precedes. 

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