"To be
prudent the first step is to acknowledge our own limitations. This is
the virtue of humility. Through it, we admit that in certain matters we
cannot cover everything, that in so many cases we cannot take in all the
circumstances that have to be borne in mind in order to make a fair
judgement. So, we look for advice; but not from just anyone. We go to a
person with the right qualities, to someone who wants to love God as
sincerely as we do and who tries to follow him faithfully. It is not
enough to ask just anyone for their opinion. We must go to a person who
can give us sound and disinterested advice.
Next
we have to judge, because as a rule, prudence demands that we come to a
suitable decision, and promptly. Though at times it is prudent to delay
a decision until all the factors that should influence our judgement
have been brought together, on other occasions it would be very
imprudent not to begin to carry out immediately what we see needs to be
done. This is specially true when the good of others is at stake."
