Category Archives: Sacraments

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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Fear of the Lord

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Objective:
 The middle school youth will develop a deeper sense of awe and wonder for the Creator of the universe. Overview: Fear is a word that we typically interpret as referring to a state of emotional distress in the face of some danger to our personal safety. The term “fear of the Lord” appears over 100 times in the Old Testament. For example: And now, Israel, what does the Lord, your God ask of you but to fear the Lord, your God, and follow his ways exactly, to love and serve the Lord

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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Piety

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Objective:
 The middle school youth will develop a deeper awareness of the need to be creators of peace in all aspects of their lives modeling their actions on Jesus Christ. Overview: In the bible, Matthew tells us: When you pray, go to your inner room, close the door and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you (6:6) For many people, especially middle schoolers, piety, or religious reverence, might seem like a lost art. With the busyness of our lives,

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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Knowledge

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 The middle school youth will develop a greater understanding of the gift of knowledge and how they can use that gift to look at the world in a new way. Overview: The knowledge we are given by the Holy Spirit is quite different than the worldly definition of the word knowledge. The Holy Spirit does not bless us with a plethora of information that no one else has. However, it does give us a new perspective, that comes from the experience of faith. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Fortitude

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Objective: The middle school youth will develop a deeper understanding of the gift of fortitude and how it can help them deal with peer, cultural and media pressures. Overview: As the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains: Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life. The virtue of fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear of death,

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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Counsel

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Objective: The middle school youth will develop a deeper desire to seek counsel from God to guide the path of their lives. Overview: One of the greatest signs of God’s love for us is in our free will. As it says in Sirach, “When God, in the beginning, created man, he made him subject to his own free choice” (15:14). With that freedom comes the responsibility to live our lives in a way that is pleasing to God. Sirach continues: If you choose you can keep the commandments; it is loyalty to do

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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Understanding

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Objective: The middle school youth will develop a deeper awareness of what the gift of understanding is and how they can use it to help them view their worlds from the eyes of their hearts. Overview: According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “Faith seeks understanding”: it is intrinsic to faith that a believer desires to know better the One in whom he has put his faith, and to understand better what He has revealed; a more penetrating knowledge will in turn call forth a greater faith,

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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom

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Objective: The middle school youth will develop a deeper understanding of the gift of wisdom that is given to them by the Holy Spirit. Overview: Wisdom comes from the translation of the feminine Hebrew noun, hokma. According to the Old Testament, wisdom is God’s created, feminine companion before creation: I, Wisdom, dwell with experience, and judicious knowledge I attain. Pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth I hate. Mine are counsel and advice; mine is strength; I am understanding.