As we saw yesterday, the natural human faculty for understanding means the ability to “read between the lines” and see the inner essence of a thing.
The second sanctifying gift of the Holy Spirit is Understanding. What is Understanding anyway? And what do we mean when we speak of understanding as
The Old Testament “patron saint” of wisdom was, as we noted yesterday, King Solomon. Given his choice of all the goodies the world offers, Solomon chose
The first sanctifying gift is Wisdom. Isaiah says of the Anointed One, “The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
In the Catholic tradition, the instruction in the Faith leading up to Baptism is called Catechumenate. After you are baptized, what often happens is that
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