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Catholic Word of the Day: GIFT OF COUNSEL, 04-07-14
CCDictionary ^ | 04-07-14 | Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary

Posted on 04/07/2014 7:37:51 AM PDT by Salvation

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GIFT OF COUNSEL

 

One of the special gifts of the Holy Spirit; it perfects the virtue of prudence. Its function is to enable a person to judge promptly and rightly, as by a sort of supernatural intuition, what should be done, especially in difficult situations. With the gift of counsel, the Holy Spirit speaks, as it were, to the heart and in an instant enlightens a person what to do. It corresponds to the promise made by Christ to his followers, "When they hand you over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes; because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you" (Matthew 10:19).

Counsel refers primarily to prudent conduct in one's own case, and only secondarily in favor of others. Enlightened by the Spirit, a person learns what to do in a specific case and what advice to give when consulted or command to make if he is in authority.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.



TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; History; Theology
KEYWORDS: catholic; holyspirit
One of the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
1 posted on 04/07/2014 7:37:51 AM PDT by Salvation
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To: Salvation
They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. These seven gifts, part of sanctifying grace, complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make us docile in obeying divine inspirations without need for reflection but always with full consent.
2 posted on 04/07/2014 7:43:20 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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3 posted on 04/07/2014 7:46:49 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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