In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

There are seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: Understanding, Knowledge, Wisdom, Counsel, Piety, Fear and Fortitude. Many of us learned this list in our school days; some of us can still recite it from ...

The gifts of the Holy Spirit, he explained, can be implemented in several ways, including: through listening — the gift of counsel; advocating — the gifts and virtues of fortitude and humility ...

In this month dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, as I file away a meditation for a most ancient novena for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, I prepare for June 27, the last Friday of the ...

By the gift of fortitude "the Holy Spirit enables us to remain faithful amid every difficulty and – as the experience of so many Christians around the world shows – even amid persecution and ...

The seven gifts mentioned by Isaiah – wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, fear of the Lord and piety – are bestowed in a special way on candidates during the sacrament of ...

Christians celebrated the Feast of Pentecost, when we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ followers when he ...

The gifts of the Holy Spirit are gifts for the whole of one’s life. And this book, The Gifts of the Holy Spirit , serves as something like a guidebook for a spirituality which is true — even ...

The gifts are created characteristics in a human being, but they do not of themselves lead us to the corresponding virtuous actions – acts wisdom, knowledge, understanding, fortitude, etc.

In celebrating the great solemnity of Pentecost today, the church turns her mind to consider perhaps the most mysterious, and ...