Have You Thought About Eternity?
Have you ever thought about a decision freely given to all humans? A decision to spend eternity with God or to spend eternity without God? Because God is Love, he freely gives all of us a life to make the choice.
Do good people go to heaven?
Fr. Mike Smith talks about Heaven and Hell. Will many be saved? What does Jesus say? “Wide is the road that leads to destruction”. “Narrow is the gate that leads to eternal life.” You have to choose. Do you think, good people, go to heaven...
Believer or Non believer?
If you believe that you don’t need God to know what is right or wrong, that humans are just an accident of nature with no more value than a rock, have no issue with people like Stalin, Hitler or Mao Tse-Tung who all killed millions upon millions of humans based on these same assumptions, then read no further.
The Laws of Love, The Ten Commandments
Every religion, every culture, has some version of these. These are moral principles. These are the natural laws of love. Love does not kill, love does not bear false witness, love does not commit adultery. (Not real love) Remember “Love the purpose of life is the willing of good of the other person.”
Conforming to God’s Will
How do we conform to God’s will? First keep His commandments. Secondly let look at some practical examples: In our daily lives We can start to conform to God’s will by putting up with the daily annoyances such as words that would hurt our self esteem, a...
Why many do not Believe
Not for rational reasons. Often the thing rejected is not Christ but Christians. Often it is a fear of the Church and it’s teaching an authority that scares people away. The reluctance is usually moral. To admit that Jesus is divine is to admit his absolute...
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The Fruit of the Holy Spirit
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The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory.
The traditional fruits of the Holy Spirit. There are 12 traditional fruits of the Holy Spirit, some which overlap the biblical list:
- Love,
- Joy,
- Peace,
- Patience,
- Kindness,
- Goodness,
- Long-suffering,
- Humility/gentleness,
- Fidelity/faithfulness,
- Modesty,
- Continence/self-control
- Chastity.
[Gal. 5:22-23, Latin Vulgate]
The Bible’s fruits of the Holy Spirit.There are nine biblically-based fruits of the Holy Spirit as given by St. Paul in his letter to the Galatians: “
- love,
- joy,
- peace,
- patience,
- kindness,
- generosity,
- faithfulness,
- gentleness
- self-control
(Galatians 5:22-23).
Please note that while the Cathechism of the Catholic Church lists 12 fruits, you will only find 9 in the modern versions of the Holy Bibles. The Latin Vulgate (Latin translation of the Bible circa 382) states 12 fruits.
“Like a warm blanket wrapped around my Soul!”
These are some personal testimonies of mine that describe the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit Frees Us
The holy Spirit frees us from or chains of our attachments, the wealth that turns our heart to material things, the pleasures that weaken our will, and pride that caries us above ourselves. This is the first consolation of the Spirit the consolation of freedom.
Why would any of these things matter if we “Seek first the kingdom of God”?
The troubles of this earth, the shadows of life and the pains in our body do not matter if we have God in our soul. The consolation that makes us forget the troubles of life, or least wrap them in the splender of celestial happiness is the consolation of the union with God’s Love.
The Holy Spirit gives usconsolation of Hope. The Holy Spirit gives us the hope in the inheritance of eternal life in heaven with God. We rejoice in our hope not only because we trust in God, but also because we carry with us the guarantee of its fulfillment.