Isaiah,
Chapter 11, verse 2-3:
2 The spirit of
the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit
of wisdom and of understanding, A spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit
of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, 3 and his delight
shall be the fear of the LORD.
It is essential that we pass through worldly fear
to grow to Godly fear; getting to the point where we love the Lord so much we
desire to prove our love to him by keeping his commandments. 23Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep
My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our
abode with him. (John 14: 23) Saint John
Paul II wrote “Doctrine of the gifts of the Holy Spirit [is] a very useful
teaching of the spiritual life [And] when applied to the Christian soul, it
teaches us the fundamental moments in the … interior life: to understand
(wisdom, knowledge, and understanding); to decide (counsel and fortitude); to
remain and grow in a personal relationship with God, in the life of prayer and
in an upright life according to the Gospel (piety and fear of the Lord).” [1]
[1] Saint John Paul II, A Catechesis on the Creed: The
Spirit, Giver of Life and Love, entry of April 3, 1991.
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