Skip to main contentAccessibility feedback
Background Image

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Question:

What are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit?

Answer:

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.
Did you like this content? Please help keep us ad-free
Enjoying this content?  Please support our mission!Donatewww.catholic.com/support-us