What is the fruit of the Holy Ghost?
The fruit of the Holy Ghost is: "charity," "peace," "patience," "benignity," "meekness," "faithfulness," "modesty," "continency," and "chastity" (LXX. 3).
Where is the fruit of the Holy Ghost spoken of?
It is to be found in the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians (v. 22, 23).
And where are the beatitudes enumerated?
They are enumerated in the Gospel of St. Matthew (v. 3-10), and in a manner less complete, in St. Luke (vi. 20-22).
Is there not also an eighth beatitude in St. Matthew, to be found also in St. Luke?
Yes, it is the beatitude of those who suffer persecution for justice sake; but it is included in the other seven beatitudes of which it is, as it were, the résumé or the consequence (LXIX. 3, Obj. 5).
There can then be nothing better for man on earth than to live thus the life of the virtues and of the gifts, from which spring the beatitudes and the fruit of the Holy Ghost?
No, there can be nothing better for man on earth than to live thus the life of the virtues and of the gifts, from which spring the beatitudes and the fruit of the Holy Ghost.
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