The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
During Lent we will reflect on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit which are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They are based on Isaiah 11:2-3 : The spirit of...
View ArticleThe Gift of Wisdom
O would some Power with vision teach us To see ourselves as others see us! It would from many a blunder free us, And foolish notions. Robert Burns Bobbie Burns, the Bard of Scotland, without...
View ArticleThe Gift of Understanding
The Gift of Understanding “Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.” Luke 24:45 The gift of understanding is a spiritual gift that provides deeper insights into our faith and our...
View ArticleThe Gift of Counsel
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever,”. John 14:15-16 Gifts of the Spirit act in harmony and...
View ArticleThe Gift of Knowledge
Without knowledge, wisdom is missing Sir. 3:25 Despite its name, the Gift of Knowledge has nothing to do with information; rather it has to do with insights and perspectives prompted by the Holy...
View ArticleThe Gift of Fortitude
Gifts of the Spirit are not meant for mystics they are meant for all of us. I recently heard a simple but profound definition of Fortitude as: “what makes you do the right thing.” The “right thing” is...
View ArticleThe Gift of Piety
“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God” Rom 8:14 The Gift of Piety leads us to a profound awareness of what it means to be a child of God. We experience God not as a stern...
View ArticleThe Gift of Fear of the Lord
In Isaiah’s messianic prophecy on the Root of Jesse we read, “The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of...
View ArticleThe Coming of the Holy Spirit
Our journey of remembrance does not end with Easter Sunday. The Father’s plan to reconcile humanity begins with the Incarnation, His sending of the Son, and is completed with the sending of the Holy...
View ArticleKnowledge: All Truth Is God’s Truth
By MARK SHEA | Knowledge is the fifth of the seven sanctifying gifts of the Holy Spirit. As we have discussed previously, all the sanctifying gifts are ordered toward conforming us to the image and...
View ArticleOn Wisdom
Here is the translation of the Holy Father’s new catechetical series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, given today during his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square. * * * Dear Brothers and...
View ArticleOur lives should have the flavor of the Gospel, Pope observes
Vatican City, Apr 9, 2014 / 04:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his general audience Pope Francis began a new catechesis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, drawing specific attention to wisdom and noting...
View ArticlePope Begins New Catechesis on Gifts of the Holy Spirit
By ELISE HARRIS/CNA/EWTN NEWS | body{zoom:150%!important;} VATICAN CITY — During his general audience Pope Francis began a new catechesis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, drawing specific attention to...
View ArticleWhere The Wind Blows
Bob Dylan once sang, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” It may have been a catchy line forty years ago, but two thousand years ago, Jesus had a different perspective. But...
View ArticlePope at Audience: Fear of God Reminds Us We Still Are Little Children
Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit this week, discussing the last of the gifts -- the fear of God-- which he said allows us to recognize our littleness, so we can...
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