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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]