B-24 |136| Piety: Weapon for Division or Shield of Hope

Room 136

Piety, one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, is truly a blessing. Yet, how easily we can turn it into a weapon that cuts and separates, instead of a shield through which the Spirit strengthens us and enlivens us to make visible our unity and uniqueness in “raising of one’s mind and heart to God.”

Father René Constanza is a member of the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) and the executive director of the Catholic Information Center. He assists with liturgies at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Grand Rapids.

Dimension: Spirituality