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Fae's Forward Day by Day readings Friday, May 1         St. Philip and St. James The fruit of righteousness is sown in peaces (James 3:17-18) During these next three months we're going to be considering the fruit of the spirit, according to St. Paul's metaphor. St. James--whichever of the Jameses he was--starts us off on our exploration with a key note: peace. The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, the kingdom we seek is a peaceable kingdom, the wisdom that is from about--and what is that but the Holy Spirit, or perhaps the whole of the Blessed Trinity?--that Holy Wisdom is peaceable and gentle.        We don't learn about God or the things of God by much reading or anxious study, but by peaceful, often repeated reflections; by peaceful consideration of, in this case, what the Bible tells us about these things--letting drop whatever isn't useful, coming back over and over to the fruit that still has juice and sweetness for us. And not, incidentally, ge