The Gifts of the Holy Ghost in the Dominican Saints

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cited in ch. 19 of Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange's [*Life Everlasting*](https://isidore.co/calibre/browse/book/5870)The anti-Modernism A. Gardeil, O.P., was Fr. G.-L.'s teacher.in Cluny Media's [Thomistic Institute Series](https://www.clunymedia.com/thomistic-institute-series/)From Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.'s [*The Three Ages of the Spiritual Life*](https://isidore.co/calibre#panel=book_details&book_id=6076), part I, article IV, "[The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost](https://web.archive.org/web/20120131075405/http://www.christianperfection.info/tta10.php#Bk3)" (fn. 39), the relationship between the gifts of the Holy Ghost and the beatitudes, based on St. Thomas Aquinas's doctrine: 1. Gift of Wisdom → Peacemakers ([IIa IIae, q.45, a.6](https://isidore.co/aquinasBilingual/summa/SS/SS045.html#SSQ45A6THEP1)): "it gives peace and allows the soul possessing it to give it to others, at times even to the most troubled" 2. Gift of Understanding → Clean of Heart ([q.8, a.7](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS008.html#SSQ8A7THEP1)): "those who possess this cleanness of heart begin here on earth, in a certain way, to see God in all that happens to us" 3. Gift of Knowledge → Mourners ([q.9, a.4](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS009.html#SSQ9A4THEP1)): "shows us the gravity of sin" (which is the turning to creatures instead of God) 4. Gift of Counsel → The Merciful ([q.52, a.4](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS052.html#SSQ52A4THEP1)): "inclines the soul to mercy" 5. Gift of Piety → The Meek ([q.121, a.2](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS121.html#SSQ121A2THEP1)): "makes us see in men not rivals, but children of God and our brothers" 6. Gift of Fortitude → Those Hungering & Thirsting for Justice ([q.139, a.2](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS139.html#SSQ139A2THEP1)): they "never become discouraged" 7. Gift of Fear → The Poor in Spirit ([q.19, a.12](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS019.html#SSQ19A12THEP1)): "they possess the holy fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom"The relationship of the gifts to the virtues:  See also Benedict Ashley, O.P.'s "[The Gifts of the Holy Spirit](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=9074)."