[Salvation]

For more on this, see the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Holy Ghost, section VII, “Fruits of the Holy Ghost.”

[Salvation]

Charity

 

Charity is our love for God above all things for His own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. Jesus told His apostles, Jn 13:34 “Love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” St. Paul told us, 1 Cor 13:13 “Faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” Charity is a gift to us from God, wrapped in sanctifying grace. Charity, like hope, resides in the will.

Charity is one of the three theological virtues. The others are faith and hope.

Charity is also one of the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit.

[Natural Law]

It behooves us all as Catholics to take an inventory of our lives and see whether we have all of these fruits manifest in our thoughts and in our words, in what we do and what we fail to do. Where the fruits are absent, by our actions, so too is the Holy Spirit absent.

God Bless.

[cloudmountain]

Benignity -- huh? This is new. Just means being nice.
Longanimity -- patience
Mildness -- huh? Why mildness? I can't think of too many people LESS mild that Sts Peter and Paul.
Modesty - Chastity -- I thought these were much the same.
Continence -- 1. Self-restraint; moderation. 2. Voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge. 3. Partial or complete abstention from sexual ...

These extra "virtues" are, in my opinion, superfluous.