The Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
Galatians 5:22–23
In the third century, St. Cyprian wrote to a friend named Donatus:
This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden.… But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out … you know very well what I would see; brigands on the high road, pirates on the seas, in the amphitheaters men murdered to please the applauding crowds.…
Yet in the midst of it, I have found a quiet and holy people.… They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are Christians.…
What a compliment! A quiet and holy people.…
Quiet.… Not obnoxious. Not boastful. Not demanding. Just quiet.…
Holy.… Set apart. Pure. Decent. Honest. Wholesome.…
The Inspirational Study Bible
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[1]Lucado, Max; Gibbs, Terri A.: Grace for the Moment: Inspirational Thoughts for Each Day of the Year. Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman, 2000, S. 261
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