The Carpenter's Nail

THIS time we have two quite positive qualities.  If on one hand the Spirit brings forth a quiet and patient acquiescence in God’s purpose, on the other hand it brings forth a quality of personal fitness for His service.  Goodness, of course, does not merely bear our cheap modern meaning of either goodness or pleasantness;… Continue reading Friday of the Fifth Week in Lent: Goodness, Faithfulness – Evelyn Underhill

Rembrandt - St Peter in Prison THE next fruit of the Spirit, says Saint Paul, is long-suffering and gentleness – much patient endurance as regards what life does to us, much loving-kindness, care, consideration in all contacts with other lives.  Here another region is submitted to God’s influence and in consequence another source of strain… Continue reading Thursday of the Fifth Week in Lent: Long-Suffering, Gentleness – Evelyn Underhill

“THE fruit of the Spirit,” says Saint Paul, “is Love, Joy, Peace, Long-Suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Meekness, Temperance,” – all the things the world most needs.  A clear issue, is it not?  To discover the health and reality of our life of prayer, we need not analyze it or fuss about it.  But we must… Continue reading Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Lent: Love, Joy, Peace – Evelyn Underhill