Category Archives: Pentecost
The gifts of the Holy Spirit
The gifts of the Holy Spirit Yesterday we celebrated the feast of Pentecost. Attending our Parish yesterday, if you walked in and had no idea that it was Pentecost Sunday, you certainly would have left knowing very well that it was. I have never been more moved on this Feast Day than I was yesterday.…
The gifts of the Holy Spirit – Wisdom
The gifts of the Holy Spirit – Wisdom You know with Pentecost here I feel as if we’ve just celebrated a HUGE Birthday and we’re now opening up all those wonderful presents. When we talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, I don’t know about you, but I start to sing a song. We…
The gifts of the Holy Spirit – Understanding
The gifts of the Holy Spirit – Understanding We learn that whereas Wisdom is that gift that gives us the desire to know God more deeply, the Gift of Understanding is that gift which allows us to penetrate to the core of the truths of the Faith. One may say that there is very…
The gifts of the Holy Spirit – Knowledge
The gifts of the Holy Spirit – Knowledge If I knew everything I wanted to know I would be a happy person – or would I? Scott P Richert helps explain for us the difference between Wisdom and Knowledge in his posts Like wisdom, knowledge perfects the theological virtue of faith. The aims of knowledge and wisdom…