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Eucharist draws together young, new diocese in remote Indian state. The Catholic Spirit. When Bishop George Pallipparambil was a Salesian seminarian in northeastern India more than 40 years ago, he started seeing increasing numbers of Indigenous teens in the streets of Lusukia, Assam, where he was teaching at his religious community’s Don ...
The fruits of the Holy Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Oct 15, 2020 · Rather, they are to be put to good use so they will bear much fruit. In his letter to the Galatians, St. Paul lists the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Gal 5:22-23). These fruits emanate or proceed from the Holy Spirit and reveal what the Holy Spirit is ...
The fruits of the Holy Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
May 13, 2016 · The Holy Spirit is one of the three persons of the Triune God, the Most Holy Trinity, and St. Paul in his letter to the Galatians provides a list of nine fruits of the Spirit: “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, [and] self-control” (Gal 5:22,23). These fruits emanate or proceed from the Holy Spirit ...
The gifts of the Holy Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Sep 16, 2020 · Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are imparted on those who receive the sacrament of confirmation. Six are listed in the “Immanuel Prophecy,” which describes an expected future ideal Davidic king: wisdom and understanding, counsel and strength (fortitude), knowledge and fear of the Lord (Is 11:2). The translators of the Hebrew Bible to Greek ...
Gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Feb 17, 2011 · There are 12 traditional fruits of the Holy Spirit, some which overlap the biblical list: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, long-suffering, humility or gentleness, fidelity or faithfulness, modesty, continence or self-control and chastity. Gifts to be used to bear fruit. All who are confirmed are equipped with the gifts of the ...
The Holy Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Apr 11, 2024 · The Holy Spirit is the love expressed between the Father and the Son, and the outpouring nature of the Trinity will be enough for us. In “Gaudium et spes,” the Vatican II document on “The Church in the Modern World,” the council states, “spouses … are fortified and, as it were, consecrated for the duties and dignity of their state ...
Grieving the Holy Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Aug 8, 2024 · Grieving the Holy Spirit results from selfish attitudes and actions opposed to God’s will, called sin, causing deep sorrow or offense to the third person of the Trinity. St. Paul lists five ways the Ephesians were grieving the Holy Spirit through: bitterness, fury, …
What it means to live by the Spirit - TheCatholicSpirit.com
Jun 22, 2016 · Living by the Spirit does not mean that we cannot have passion; rather, it means we have surrendered to the will of God and have allowed his will to guide our passions. As with most things in the spiritual life, it’s simple but not easy. We must be steeped in the things of the Spirit and avoid the thoughts and activities mired in the flesh if ...
The power of the Holy Spirit at confirmation
May 23, 2018 · The Holy Spirit empowers a person to do mighty deeds and to perform good works that do much good, with actions that are visible, make a strong statement and are persuasive to others. The gift of the Holy Spirit at confirmation draws a person into a stronger bond with the body of Christ, the Church. It encourages a person to receive the ...
The Holy Spirit: the gift of confirmation - TheCatholicSpirit.com
May 10, 2021 · The Holy Spirit fosters and enables unity and togetherness, patience and kindness, compassion, humility, gentleness, generosity, faithfulness and self-control. The Holy Spirit informs the conscience. The Holy Spirit discerns right from wrong, raises awareness of sin, calls for conversion, leads to remorse, and brings pardon and forgiveness.