See: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_the_Five_Sevens
Number | Vice | Request | Gift | Virtue | Blessing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pride | Hallowed be your name | Fear of the Lord | Humility | Kingdom of Heaven |
2 | Envy | Your kingdom come | Godliness | Kindness | Land of the Living |
3 | Anger | Your will be done | Knowledge | Remorse | Consolation |
4 | Sadness | Give us daily bread | Strength | Hunger for Good | Satisfaction |
5 | Greed | Forgive us our debts | Counsel | Mercy | Mercy |
6 | Gluttony | Lead us not into temptation | Understanding | Cleanness of Heart | Vision of God |
7 | Lust | Deliver us from evil | Wisdom | Peace | Sonship of God |
In the first place the seven vices are put forward:
- the first pride,
- the second envy,
- the third anger;
- the fourth sadness,
- the fifth greed,
- the sixth gluttony,
- the seventh lust.
Against these, the seven requests included in the Lord’s Prayer are set in the second place.
- The first is the one by which it is said to God, ‘hallowed be your name’;
- the second by which it is said, ‘your kingdom come’;
- the third by which it is said; ‘your will be done, on earth as in heaven’;
- the fourth by which it is said, ‘give us today our daily bread’;
- the fifth by which it is said, ‘forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven - our debtors’;
- the sixth by which it is said, ‘lead us not into temptation’;
- the seventh by which it is said, ‘deliver us from evil’[7]
In the third place the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit follow:
- first, the spirit of the fear of the Lord;
- second, the spirit of godliness;
- third, the spirit of knowledge;
- fourth, the spirit of strength;
- fifth, the spirit of counsel;
- sixth, the spirit of understanding;
- seventh, the spirit of wisdom.
Then in the fourth place the seven virtues follow:
- the first, poverty of spirit, that is humility;
- the second, graciousness or kindness;
- the third, remorse or sorrow;
- the fourth, the hunger for righteousness or good desire;
- the fifth, mercy; the sixth, cleanness of heart; the seventh, peace.
Finally, in the fifth place the seven beatitudes are set:
- the first, the kingdom of heaven;
- the second, the possession of the land of the living;
- the third, consolation;
- the fourth, the satisfaction of righteousness;
- the fifth, mercy;
- the sixth, the vision of God;
- the seventh, the sonship of God