Charismatic Gifts Of The Holy Spirit

[punkiepinay]

this weekend i was at a retreat and one of the speakers after adoration were talking about how different people experience charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit. i was just wondering how many there are and what they are?
thanks for the help/ God Bless
Tina

[cappie]

There is some confusion occasionally between the Theological gifts that have as their basis Isaiah 11:1-3 and the "Scriptural" gifts that are more apporprately called fruits

From the Catechism

1831 The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They belong in their fullness to Christ, Son of David. They complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make the faithful docile in readily obeying divine inspirations.



1832 The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: "charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity." Galatians 5:22-23

[cappie]

Perhaps I might expand on my previous answer.

If the speaker was talking about "charisms", St Paul lists nine of these extraordinary graces of the Holy Spirit given to individuals for the sake of others. These are to be found in 1Corinthians 12:4-11; he also insists that the virtue of charity is above all other charisms 1 Cor 13.

Charisms

799 Whether extraordinary or simple and humble, charisms are graces of the Holy Spirit which directly or indirectly benefit the Church, ordered as they are to her building up, to the good of men, and to the needs of the world.

800 Charisms are to be accepted with gratitude by the person who receives them and by all members of the Church as well. They are a wonderfully rich grace for the apostolic vitality and for the holiness of the entire Body of Christ, provided they really are genuine gifts of the Holy Spirit and are used in full conformity with authentic promptings of this same Spirit, that is, in keeping with charity, the true measure of all charisms.

801 It is in this sense that discernment of charisms is always necessary. No charism is exempt from being referred and submitted to the Church's shepherds. "Their office [is] not indeed to extinguish the Spirit, but to test all things and hold fast to what is good," so that all the diverse and complementary charisms work together "for the common good."