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My husband and I lived in Saudi Arabia (He worked for ARAMCO as an engineer and I worked as a clerk.) and the Muslims there said that the meaning of Abdallah is "SLAVE of Allah."

Islam is based on the MASTER/slave relationship. Allah is the MASTER and we humans are his slaves.
Allah is alone and is known to be generous and merciful. The Koran doesn't mention Allah's love for us...only his mercy and compassion. Love is not part of the equation.

Christianity is based on God the Father, a father who LOVES His children, us, and wants us to spend eternity with Him. God IS love. Our Father gave us His only begotten SON who died as ransom for our sins. I saw the SON OF GOD twice.

[The second time I saw it I COULD NOT witness the crucifixion again....it was TOO much for me. So I left and went back to my car.
WELL, I got a $100.00 parking ticket (parking longer than two hours AND a tow-away ZONE) and was JUST ABOUT to be towed. I THOUGHT I had "read" the street signs correctly, but I didn't. I DID get the ticket BUT did not get towed. I guess the Lord let me get the ticket but let me DRIVE MY CAR HOME just for seeing the story of His Son yet again. Who knows. I was grateful not to have to bail my car out of the CAR POKEY!]

God, the Holy Spirit, is the third person of the Blessed Trinity.

His seven gifts to us are:
1. wisdom: it is the capacity to love spiritual things more than material ones;

2. understanding: in understanding, we comprehend how we need to live as followers of Christ. A person with understanding is not confused by the conflicting messages in our culture about the right way to live. The gift of understanding perfects a person's speculative reason in the apprehension of truth. It is the gift whereby self-evident principles are known.

3. counsel (right judgment): with the gift of counsel/right judgment, we know the difference between right and wrong, and we choose to do what is right. A person with right judgment avoids sin and lives out the values taught by Jesus;

4. fortitude (courage): with the gift of fortitude/courage, we overcome our fear and are willing to take risks as a follower of Jesus Christ. A person with courage is willing to stand up for what is right in the sight of God, even if it means accepting rejection, verbal abuse, or physical harm. The gift of courage allows people the firmness of mind that is required both in doing good and in enduring evil;

5. knowledge: with the gift of knowledge, we understand the meaning of God. The gift of knowledge is more than an accumulation of facts;

6. piety (reverence): with the gift of reverence, sometimes called piety, we have a deep sense of respect for God and the Church. A person with reverence recognizes our total reliance on God and comes before God with humility, trust, and love. Piety is the gift whereby, at the Holy Spirit's instigation, we pay worship and duty to God as our Father, Aquinas writes;

7. fear of the Lord (wonder and awe): with the gift of fear of the Lord we are aware of the glory and majesty of God. A person with wonder and awe knows that God is the perfection of all we desire: perfect knowledge, perfect goodness, perfect power, and perfect love. This gift is described by Aquinas as a fear of separating oneself from God. He describes the gift as a "filial fear," like a child's fear of offending his father, rather than a "servile fear," that is, a fear of punishment. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalms 111:10 || Proverbs 1:7;9:10) because it puts our mindset in correct location with respect to God: we are the finite, dependent creatures, and He is the infinite, all-powerful Creator.

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Twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit:
Catholic tradition lists 12 fruits:
1. charity
2. joy
3. peace
4. patience
5. kindness
6. goodness
7. generosity
8. gentleness
9. faithfulness
10. modesty
11. self-control
12. chastity

The Douay-Rheims translation lists them as
1. charity
2. joy
3. peace
4. patience
5. benignity
6. goodness
7. longanimity
8. mildness
9. faith
10. modesty
11. continency,
12. chastity.
Gal. 5:22-23

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Also, there is no woman figure in Islam, (like Mary) none at all. I always thought that odd. Mohammad WAS married but nothing is mentioned about her. I asked the Muslim men I worked with.
ODDLY enough, Saudi Muslim women pray to MARY, our Lord's mother, to ASK her for interceding to God for a SON for the infertile Muslim woman. Mary DID give birth to a SON, and what a SON.

The two religions are AMAZINGLY different. People have often said to me, "Oh, they're the same; we all pray to the same GOD."
EXCUUUUUUUUUSE me, but the two faiths are GALAXIES apart.