1831) notes, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit "complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them." Infused with His gifts, we respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit as if by instinct, the way Christ Himself would.Ĭlick on the name of each gift of the Holy Spirit for a longer discussion of that gift. Compare 'the seven Spirits' (Re 1:4), that is, the Holy Ghost in His perfect fulness: seven being the sacred number. Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are specified, to imply that the perfection of them was to be in Him. We first receive the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Baptism these gifts are strengthened in the Sacrament of Confirmation, which is one of the reasons why the Catholic Church teaches that confirmation is properly viewed as the completion of baptism.Īs the current Catechism of the Catholic Church ( para. The Spirit by which the prophets spake: for Messiah was to be a Prophet (Isa 61:1 De 18:15, 18). We receive them when we are infused with sanctifying grace, the life of God within us-as, for example, when we receive a sacrament worthily. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are present in their fullness in Jesus Christ, but they are also found in all Christians who are in a state of grace. (Saint Paul writes of "manifestations of the Spirit" in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11, and some Protestants use that list to come up with nine gifts of the Holy Spirit, but these are not the same as the ones recognized by the Catholic Church.) We will thoroughly look at the title page of the book: The Spirit of the LORD, which envelops the whole of the remaining six spirits. Wisdom: Also,the gift of wisdom, we see God at work in our lives and in the.
It is followed up in the book of Revelation. The seven gifts are enumerated in Isaiah 11:2-3 and conform to the Latin.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. The Catholic Church recognizes seven gifts of the Holy Spirit a listing of these gifts is found in Isaiah 11:2-3. This seven-fold mystery of the seven spirits of God is mentioned only in Isaiah 11:2 in the Old Testament. The prophecy of the coming Messiah in Isaiah 11 begins with these words: Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.