Gift of Understanding
Permanent
capacity to receive the light of Jesus' understanding, so that we can
use it to make acts of, and develop habits of, supernatural
understanding. We need these acts and habits to understand our
relationships with the Divine Persons, Mary, the Angels, the Saints,
and each other in His Kingdom of Love, and what it means for each of us
personally.
Virtue of Hope
Permanent
capacity to receive the power of Jesus' commitment to His Father's Will
and plan, so that we can use it to make acts of, and develop habits of,
supernatural hope. We need these acts and habits to resolutely and
perseveringly commit ourselves to God and His Kingdom of Love. The
commitment incorporates us into the Kingdom.
Capital Sin: Gluttony
Numbs
the mind and prevents understanding of God's plan and Covenant, and so
forestalls commitment to them. Glutton addicts us to pleasures of food
and drink as cheap substitutes for the true meaning of life and for
commitment to God.
-excerpt taken from Family Consecration Prayer & Meditation Book - Divine Mercy Edition
, p160-161
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