Thank you so much for this thread. Yes, I need to get into the habit of calling upon the Holy Spirit more often than I do.
To tell the truth, I don’t think I have really thought of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit since my own Confirmation 53 years ago. If you had quizzed me, I would have remembered only 4 of the Seven Gifts.
Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Wisdom - Understanding - Counsel
Fortitude - Knowledge - Piety
Fear of the Lord
"There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. " (Isaiah 11:1-3)
The moral life of Christians is sustained by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. These are permanent dispositions which make man docile in following the promptings of the Holy Spirit (CCC §1830)