Q&A: What Are the Fruits of the Holy Spirit?
I have a pamphlet How to Say Your Rosary with St. Louis de Montfort. What are “the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit”? I am not familiar with this, and I would like to learn more about them.
Fr. McMillan, SMM
Submitted by J.K., Duarte, CA
What Are the Fruits of the Holy Spirit?
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit refer to “the resultant acts that follow the practice of those supernatural graces infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit. St. Paul lists them as: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, modesty and continency. The Church includes: benignity, longanimity and chastity. These are in general the result of virtue in action and the attendant consolation and delight that come from being attentive to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.”
They are, in a sense, the reward for virtuous actions, a reward that the Holy Spirit gives us for being faithful to His promptings within us.
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