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Today is Thursday, October 24th, 2019.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are continuing to talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Last week, we talked about fear of the Lord, which is step one. Today we're

talking about piety, which is step two. We've already talked about how the entire idea of the

gift of piety is based on a family. We are led to reverence for divine worship when we understand

that God is our father. We are called to reverence for divine worship when we understand that God is our father.

We are called to guard our interior holiness, meaning the fact that we are an adoration

chapel in which God dwells because we acknowledge that we are daughters and sons of the

most high God.

Now today, we are going to talk about the third thing

that Piety calls us to do when we receive this gift from the Holy Spirit, and that is to have

compassion and love for everyone that we meet. Now, this part of the gift of piety can be understood when we think about

not only God as our father and we as his children, but also as everyone we encounter as brothers

and sisters in Christ. Remember, just as we were specifically and lovingly created by God,

so was everyone else. Your annoying little sister, she was specifically and lovingly created by

God. The big kids at the back of the bus, they were too. Your teacher, the elderly person in the

nursing home, the person that annoys you, the person that intimidates you, they all were

specifically and lovingly created by God.

Now, you can see how all three of these things, called to divine worship, called to guard our interior holiness, and called to love others, all relate to each other.

If we believe that God is our father, we can't help but worship him.

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