1 My dear parishioners, many people have asked for the text on “WURK CREW”, my recent homily about the Holy Spirit’s gifts. I’m making it available to everyone. Sincerely in the hearts of Jesus and Mary. Your pastor, Reverend Richard Barker. “WURK CREW” ‐ SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (Isaiah 11:2‐3) METANOIA (Gk.): “To allow the spirit to be overturned in order to make it turn towards God…” [Pope St. John Paul II, RECONCILIATION AND PENANCE no. 26 1984] Divine Initiative (God’s Truth) . . . W‐‐‐‐‐Wisdom: "we have the mind of Christ" [1Cor 2:16], the sum of knowledge, right judgment and understanding; paradox of being freed from bondage to sin to accept freely the bonds of divine love; rediscovery of one’s true identity and purpose; the surpassing peace of the human heart U‐‐‐‐‐‐Understanding: truth incarnated in thought, word and deed; seeing things as they really are; prayerful self‐reflection; formation of conscience; certainty of moral law; inmost renewal of heart; sensitivity to others R‐‐‐‐‐‐Right Judgment: informed, reasoned decision‐making; correct knowledge concerning the things to be done; discernment of the good; obligation to defend the rights and ideas of God; defines man’s duties to God; never does evil that good may come of it; validates ideas with deeds; lively sense of responsibility for one’s actions K‐‐‐‐‐‐Knowledge: absolute, eternal and unchanging truth; human reason instructed by faith; discovery of what God alone names as good or evil; always seeks explicit awareness of the divine & natural law; knowing God's will and the true nature of human personhood; distinguishing what has value both on earth and in heaven; informed awareness of sin Human Response (Righteous Deeds). . . C‐‐‐‐‐‐Courage: free will obedience to God in all things; meaningful interior conversion; acceptance of suffering; habit of sacramental reconciliation; to risk /sacrifice one's life and peace for the compelling good of others; search for truth; to live a moral and ethical way of life; to correct human society and put it in right order; serving God and his Church; mastery over sin RE‐‐‐‐Reverence: self‐effacing humility before God; profound respect and devotion for the Church and her Scripture, Tradition & Magisterium; respect for all things sacred and Catholic; “be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” [Mt 5:48]; basic respect for separated Christians and other religions W‐‐‐‐‐Wonder and Awe: the holy "fear of the Lord"; loving God for his own sake; redemptive love giving way to spousal love; the human creature kneeling before God to adore him; consciously acknowledging human fallenness and one’s total dependence on God's sovereign divinity; fullness of hope; to bow before the burning bush to pray, You are God, I am not: “Once you were no people, but now you are God's people”. [1Pet 2:10]