In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Fresco of Pentecost in Church of ...

This is a moment of reckoning for the charismatic movement. May we repent for swallowing the glittering lures which false prophets dangle before us. May we shake free of deception, sharpen our ...

Just as the nation's founders relied on God's providence, so too must all those serving in the U.S. legal profession and government today depend on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, said the homilist ...

At first glance, self-control can sound as though it depends on personal willpower or moral discipline. But biblical ...

Verses fom the Acts of the Apostles, the fifth book of the New Testament, are particularly noteworthy today. "While Peter was still speaking these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were ...