Dear Parishioners and Friends,
The gift of knowledge enables us to perceive correctly the
truths of faith. With the help of this gift of the Holy Spirit our intellects
make correct judgments regarding earthly things and how they are related to
eternal life and Christian perfection. It then helps us to keep created things
in perspective and to see that they are useless and empty in and of themselves.
They are only good for us insofar as they lead us to God and to heaven.
Knowledge does not see created things as obstacles to God.
Rather, our minds will see them as instruments for union with God. This gift
will also help us see just how to use created reality in such a way as to help
us become holy.
Moreover, the gift of knowledge gives us the sensus fidei or the “sense of faith.”
This is a kind of divine instinct about whether a particular teaching or
devotion is or is not in accord with the true faith as revealed by God.
Knowledge produces several effects in our souls. It enables
us to see the state of our soul. It helps us be detached from material
possessions. It grants us a sense of repentance when we have misused material
things and turned them into obstacles in our path to holiness.
In Christ,
Msgr. Baker
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