Gifts Of The Holy Spirit

Question 1

WISDOM

Answer 1

• The gift of wisdom allows someone to order all things in accordance with God’s will.
• This gift has an element of contemplation or a deep thought process of the divine.
• The gift of wisdom includes practicality in human acts.
• Wisdom sees all things with a supernatural value—good, joyful, sorrowful, successful and even painful things.

Question 2

UNDERSTANDING

Answer 2

• The gift of understanding is a gift that gives deeper insight to a revealed truth.
• This gift allows someone to go beyond the surface of a revealed truth and penetrate into the heart of the truth.

-The gift of understanding can
also help reveal the ways in which God is moving in
someone’s life.

-compassion for others

Question 3

COUNSEL

Answer 3

• The gift of counsel helps a person discern what acts are good and should be done and what acts are evil and should be avoided.
• The gift of counsel helps preserve a good conscience and gives others counsel in matters of personal holiness.
• Right to judgement

Question 4

FORTITUDE

Answer 4

-The gift of fortitude allows a person to overcome
dificulties and endure pain and suffering with the strength infused by God.

• the gift of fortitude helps someone grow stronger in hardship, stand against evil and persevere to everlasting life.
• courage

Question 5

KNOWLEDGE

Answer 5

• The gift of knowledge allows our intellect make the right judgment on how earthly things are related to eternal life and Christian perfection.
• Knowledge helps show us that the worth and value of earthly things so that they cannot block our union with God.

-Knowledge produces three effects:
introspection, detachment and repentance.

-information to make good decisions

Question 6

PIETY

Answer 6

-The gift of piety allows a person to give worship to God as Father.

-Through this gift of worship a person is able
to see and love people as God’s children.

• This gift helps us fulill the commandments: love God above all else and love your neighbor as yourself.
• reverence

Question 7

FEAR OF THE LORD

Answer 7

-The gift of Fear of the Lord is the foundation for all the other gifts of the Spirit.

-Fear of the Lord (also called wonder and awe) allows
a person be detached from sin and material goods out
of love and reverence for God.

-This gift brings about a sense of adoration and
honor for God’s majesty and a sense of horror and hatred for sin and all things that separate us from God’s love.

-wonder and awe, fear of being separated.