Posts Tagged ‘fruits of the spirit’

Peace: Peace offers us a pervasive sense of contentment that comes from being rooted in the Holy. It is a state that endures beyond the ups and downs of life, beyond the emotions of joy and sorrow. At the deepest level one knows that all is well. –from Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit, Thomas…

Joy is an abiding sense of well-being based on the experience of a conscious relationship with the Divine. Flowing from Joy comes freedom to accept and be in the present moment. Like Julian of Norwich wrote, “The fullness of joy is to find God in everything.” Joy is the abiding sense of being loved by…