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The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5.22-23

Mother Teresa The Simple Path
The fruit of silence is PRAYER.
The fruit of prayer is FAITH.
The fruit of faith is LOVE.
The fruit of love is SERVICE.
The fruit of service is PEACE.

Our world will seek these attributes like they are a prize to be earned and won.

I want to be more loving, so I work at loving others or serving others.
I want to be more peaceful, so I mediate and strive to simplify my life style.
We don’t get these attributes as prizes but rather as a result of our relationship with the “perfect” human being – Jesus Christ. They are the by-product of our relationship with Jesus.

We seek Jesus,
we seek to know Him
we seek to follow Him more nearly
we seek to see Him more clearly
we seek to love Him more dearly . . . day by day (Ignatius)

We seek first the kingdom of God,
We seek first Jesus Christ and . . . all these things shall be added