Bible verses about Spiritual Gifts
Rom 12:4-6a (KJV)
For as we have many members in one body,
and all members have not the same office{Grk=function}:
{5} So we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
{6} Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to
us...
1 Cor 12:4-7 (KJV)
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
{5} And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
{6} And there are diversities of operations,
but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
{7} But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
{from it}.
{8} For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom;
to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
{9} To another faith by the same Spirit;
to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
{10} To another the working of miracles;
to another prophecy;
to another discerning of spirits;
to another divers kinds of tongues;
to another the interpretation of tongues:
{11} But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man severally{Web=respectively} as he will.
{12} For as the body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body:
so also is Christ.
{13} For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body,
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;
and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
{14} For the body is not one member, but many.
1 Tim 4:8-16 (KJV)
For bodily exercise profiteth little:
but godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
{9} This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
{10} For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach,
because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men,
specially of those that believe.
{11} These things command and teach.
{12} Let no man despise thy youth;
but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation,
in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
{13} Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to
doctrine.
{14} Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by
prophecy,
with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
{15} Meditate upon these things;
give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
{16} Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
continue in them:
for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself,
and them that hear thee.
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October 29th - Saint Narcissus, Bishop of Jerusalem
(d. Second Century)
Saint Narcissus from his youth applied himself with great care to the
study of
both religious and human disciplines. He entered into the ecclesiastical
state,
and in him all the sacerdotal virtues were seen in their perfection; he
was
called the holy priest. He was surrounded by universal esteem, but was
consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem only in about the year 180, when he was
already
an octogenarian. He governed his church with a vigor which was like that
of a
young man, and his austere and penitent life was totally dedicated to the
welfare of the church.
In the year 195, with Theophilus of Cesarea he presided at a council
concerning
the celebration date of Easter; it was decided then that this great feast
would
always be celebrated on a Sunday, and not on the day of the ancient
Passover.
God attested his merits by many miracles, which were long held in memory
by the
Christians of Jerusalem. One Holy Saturday the faithful were distressed,
because
no oil could be found for the church lamps to be used in the Paschal
vigil.
Saint Narcissus bade them draw water from a neighboring well and after he
blessed it, told them to put it in the lamps. It was changed into oil, and
long
afterwards some of this oil was still preserved at Jerusalem in memory of
the
miracle.
The virtue of the Saint did not fail to make enemies for him, and three
wretched
men charged him with an atrocious crime. They confirmed their testimony by
horrible imprecations. The first one prayed that he might perish by fire,
the
second that he might be wasted by leprosy, the third that he might be
struck
blind, if the accusations they made against their bishop were false. The
holy
bishop had long desired a life of solitude, and at this time he decided it
was
best to withdraw to the desert and leave the Church in peace. But God
intervened
on behalf of His servant, when all three of the bishop's accusers suffered
the
penalties they had invoked. Narcissus could then no longer resist the
petitions
of his people; he returned to Jerusalem and resumed his office. He died in
extreme old age, bishop to the last.
Reflection: God never fails those who trust in Him; He guides them through
darkness and through trials, in silence but securely, to their end; and in
the
evening time there is light.
Sources: Vie des Saints pour tous les jours de l'année, by Abbé L. Jaud
(Mame:
Tours, 1950); Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on
Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea
(Benziger
Brothers: New York, 1894).
Spiritual Bouquet: I count everything as loss because of the excelling
knowledge
of Jesus Christ, my Lord. Phil. 3:8
Saint Quote:
Better to be reproved by the grammarians than not understood by the
people.
-St Augustine
Bible Quote
And answering, he said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard
and
seen: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf
hear,
the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is preached: And blessed is he
whosoever shall not be scandalized in me. (Luke 7:22-23)
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STAR-BRIGHT FOREVER
From now to eternity,
A star ****nes so bright,
The filament never grows dim,
Be it day or night.
The light is of love
And of goodness sublime
That's passed down to us
Through the shadows of time.
Her hands send the rays
Of hope and assurance
That just to believe
Will need love and endurance.
But all so worthwhile,
We will find as we try
To keep our minds here,
But our hearts in the sky.
To follow the road
That leads to Our Lord,
To ask for His grace-
That He'll never hoard-
To join all the saints
In the light of their glory.
For here you will find,
There's the truth to this story:
A little time spent,
Through we suffer and toil
On an earth filled with sadness
And trials that do foil.
But keep just above it-
Just say that you'll love it,
For the sake of Our Jesus,
Who rose all above it.
For there in His heart
Was a wish for us all
To join Him in paradise
When He makes His call.
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