What is the Holy Spirit’s Gift of Fear of the Lord?
August 12, 2025
By Father Fred Edlefsen
“The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.” (Proverbs 9:10) The Holy Spirit plays like quiet background music. Through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, we are inspired to...Read more
What is the Holy Spirit’s Gift of Fortitude?
August 5, 2025
By Father Fred Edlefsen
The words “courage” and “fortitude” may be interchangeable. However, I will use “courage” to identify a virtue and use “fortitude” to identify the Gift of the Spirit. Virtues and the Gifts...Read more
What is the Holy Spirit’s Gift of Counsel?
July 30, 2025
By Father Fred Edlefsen
The Holy Spirit’s subtle “whispers” play like background music throughout our lives. Like sails on a ship, the Gifts make us available and open to the Holy Spirit’s breath. So far,...Read more
What is the Holy Spirit’s Gift of Knowledge?
July 22, 2025
By Father Fred Edlefsen
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are supernatural “dispositions” given at Baptism and deepened at Confirmation. They are Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Counsel, Piety, Courage, and Fear of the Lord. Like a boat’s sails,...Read more
What is the Holy Spirit’s Gift of Understanding?
July 15, 2025
By Father Fred Edlefsen
In my previous article, "What are the Gifts of the Holy Spirit About?," I wrote that the Spirit’s Gifts are subtle, supernatural “dispositions” given to us at Baptism. The Spirit’s Gifts are like...Read more