The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are:

1. Wisdom: helps us judge what is important, meaningful, purposeful, etc.
2. Understanding: to know something is different from truly understanding it. I can know a lot of facts about someone, but that is different from truly understanding that person.
3. Counsel: helps us differentiate between right and wrong.
4. Fortitude: courage and endurance.
5. Knowledge: helps us to know God.
6. Piety: proper reverence for God, helps us obey God out of love.
7. Fear of the Lord: proper disdain for sin and awe of God’s goodness and love.