Tag: Sanctifying Gifts

At long last, we reach the end of this series on the sanctifying gifts of Confirmation. As we saw last time, Fear of the Lord is ordered toward Christian hope, and

As we have seen in our previous discussions, the paradox of the gift of the Fear of the Lord is that it is a fear that does not call us

Last time in this space, we talked a bit about what the Fear of the Lord is not: It is not servile or cringing fear. This is news to a

The last of the sanctifying gifts given in the sacrament of Confirmation is the Fear of the Lord. It’s a gift that, these days, often tends to inspire, well, fear.

When we talk about the gift of Piety, it is often easiest to get the hang of it by talking about what it looks like. Like most things having to

As we saw last time, Church Tradition describes Piety as “the perfection of religion.” That does not tend to score big points for this gift on the Popularity Richter Scale, since

The sixth of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit we receive in the sacrament of Confirmation is Piety. Piety is one of those “religious” words that people tend to

As we discussed previously, the gift of Knowledge is there to make us “complete thinkers,” to connect one thing with another and to connect what is of Earth to what

As we have seen, Scripture warns repeatedly of separating knowledge from the love of God and neighbor. But that is not because knowledge is bad. It’s because knowledge, like all