Good trees bear good fruit - meaning

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I know that every one has good days and bad days. And we are all sinners who will commit sins now and then. However, what does bearing good fruit look like? Obviously is someone is always cursing, getting drunk and stealing, those are bad fruits. But let’s face it, even don’t our society rejects Crhist, we are still very civilized. A lot of atheist say please and thank you and hold doors open for others. So what are the good fruits?

 

[1Lord1Faith]

Good fruit are spiritual and corporeal works of mercy, for starters. I wouldn’t say that having superficial manners qualifies as good fruit.

I don’t think our society rejects Christ. Some media outlets are very secular but media outlets don’t make a society, although they like to think that they do.

 

[Vico]

I know that every one has good days and bad days. And we are all sinners who will commit sins now and then. However, what does bearing good fruit look like? Obviously is someone is always cursing, getting drunk and stealing, those are bad fruits. But let’s face it, even don’t our society rejects Crhist, we are still very civilized. A lot of atheist say please and thank you and hold doors open for others. So what are the good fruits?

Improvement in virtues, maintaining a habitual state of grace.

Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Modern Catholic Dictionary)

The seven forms of supernatural initiative conferred with the reception of sanctifying grace. They are in the nature of supernatural reflexes, or reactive instincts, that spontaneously answer to the divine impulses of grace almost without reflection but always with full consent. The gifts are wisdom ( sapientia ), understanding ( intellectus ), knowledge ( scientia ), fortitude or courage ( fortitudo ), counsel ( consilium ), piety or love ( pietas ), and fear of the Lord ( timor Domini ).