The Holy Spirit
The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are permanent dispositions which make man docile in following the promptings of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, whose anointing permeates our whole being, is the interior Master of Christian prayer. The Holy Spirit is the artisan of the living tradition of prayer. To be sure, there are as many paths of prayer as there are persons who pray, but it is the same Spirit acting in all and with all. It is the communion of the Holy Spirit that Christian prayer is prayer in the Church.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth thy Spirit and we shall be renewed and you shall renew the face of the earth.
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Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Heavenly King, Consoler Spirit, Spirit of Truth, present everywhere and filling all things, treasure of all good and source of all life, come dwell in us, cleanse and save us, you who are All Good.
The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They belong in their fullness to the Christ, Son of David. They complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make the faithful docile in readily obeying divine inspirations.
The 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit
The fruits of the Holy Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control and chastity.
The 4 Human Virtues
Virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do good.
The human virtues are stable dispositions of the intellect and the will that govern our acts, order our passions, and guide our conduct in accordance with reason and faith. They can be grouped around four virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance.
Prudence disposes the practical reason to discern, in every circumstance, our true good and to choose the right means for achieving it.
Justice consists in the firms and constant will to give God and neighbor their due.
Fortitude ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good.
Temperance moderates the attraction of the pleasures of the senses and provides balance in the use of created goods.
The morale virtues dispose Christians to live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. They have God for their origin, their motive, and their object -- God known by faith, God hoped in and loved for his own sake.
The 3 Theological Virtues
There are three theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity. They inform all the moral virtues and give life to them.
By faith, we believe in God and believe all the he has revealed to us and the
By hope we desire, and with steadfast trust await from God, eternal life and the graces to merit it.
By charity, we love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves. Of all the virtues, charity “binds everything together in perfect harmony.” (