Devotion to the Holy Spirit: his seven gifts explained by the Madonna

The first, that is the "wisdom", makes you know and taste the divine things, so that your heart is warmed with the love that must animate you for them, actively seeking in every good thing what is most accepted. to the Sir. Collaborate with this motion and abandon yourself entirely to the divine bliss, despising what may be of hindrance to you, however lovable it may seem and desirable to the senses. In this the second gift, "the intellect" helps you, giving you a special light to deeply penetrate the object represented to the intelligence. For your part, you must cooperate by diverting yourself from the false news that the devil presents to you, directly or through other crea¬ture, in order to distract the mind. In reality, this brings great embarrassment to the human intellect, because they are two incompatible intelligences and the scarce human capacity, divided among many objects, places in each of them less attention than it would put if it dealt with only one. We then experience the truth proclaimed in the Gospel: No one can serve two masters. When the soul wholly intent on the good understands it, then the "fortitude", the third gift, is needed to resolve resolutely what the intellect has been manifested as the best and best graded to God. difficulties and obstacles that it will encounter will be overcome with tenacity and it will expose itself to any suffering, in order not to deprive itself of the splendid treasure it has discovered.
72. Many times it happens that, due to ignorance and doubts inherent in human nature and to the onset of temptation, the creature is unable to understand the purpose and consequences of the known divine truth. While aspiring to the best, she remains confused between the different possibilities presented by the prudence of the flesh. In this case, she needs the gift of "science", the fourth, which illuminates appropriately to distinguish good things from others, to learn what is safe and also to communicate it, if necessary. This is followed by the gift of "piety", the fifth, which with strong sweetness directs the soul towards what the Lord really likes and is of spiritual advantage, until he does good only for virtuous and not virtuous reasons under the impulse of some natural passion. Furthermore, in order to govern everything with singular prudence, the sixth gift, the "advice", which directs reason to act with prudence and audacity, discreetly giving suggestions about oneself and one's neighbor, choosing the means con¬soni to achieve honest goals and worthy of a follower of Christ. The last of the gifts, the "fear", guards all the others and predisposes the heart to flee and keep away from everything imperfect, dangerous, in contrast with the holiness of the soul for which it builds as a wall of defense. It is necessary to become fully aware of the matter and the modality proper to the action of the holy love, so that the creature does not exceed in it, fearing without foundation, as has so often happened to you for the cunning of the devil, who has the unsettled fear even of the benefits of God has been inoculated in you. My teaching will make you prudent in putting to use the gifts of the Most High and in bringing them in front of them. Keep in mind that the science of fearing is precisely the effect of the favors granted by the powerful Yesterday: he communicates it to the soul with sweetness and peace so that he knows how to estimate and appreciate his graces, which are not short-lived if they come from the hand of the eternal Father. In this way, fear will not prevent her from becoming aware of the divine benefit, but rather will direct her to be grateful to the Lord with all her strength and to humble herself up to dust. Knowing these truths without deception and leaving the cowardice of servile fear, you will remain the filial love, with which, as if it were your polar star, you will sail safely in this valley of tears