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Spirit in Life: Love
Exploring the Fruits of the Spirit in short fun conversationsBeth and Kristofer Cowles discuss the Fruits of the Spirit as St. Paul lists in Galatians 5:22-23. Each video is 3 – 5 minutes long, and helpful for adults, parents, and kids to begin discussing the Fruits in their own lives – how to recognize them, how to practice them, and how to get better at them. Beth and Kristofer share their own experiences and challenges with bearing these Fruits in God’s Garden of Grace.
Episode 2 – Love gives a quick discussion of the Fruit of Love.
More Holy Spirit Resources:
Be sure to visit and watch The Holy Spirit We Profess, a full video lesson by Beth Cowles, and see below the comments on this page for more Faith Formation resources from Holy Owned and Operated.
Lesson Handout
Click here for a one-page printable PDF to accompany the lesson.
Episode Resources:
Here is the link to the Love episode of On the Road to Perfection.
Other Episode Resources:
In What is Love?, Agape – Sacrificial Love, and Eros – Sexual Romantic Love by
Music:
Fruit of the Spirit Children’s Song by Bob Baxter
By Heart: Piano Solos by Jim Brickman
They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love by For King and Country
Verses:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
1 Corinthians 13:13
Ephesians 5:22-25
Quote:
Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
Pope John Paul II
Purpose of the Fruits of the Spirit Videos
Elementary Faith Formation Resources
Elementary Faith Formation resources are for children from Pre-K to 6th Grade and their parents and guardians, as well as the catechists who lead them in this stage of their journey of faith.
Click on the section below that best fits your needs
Young/School Age Children
Look to Him and Be Radiant – Lessons, crafts, coloring pages, book recommendations, and more from a Catholic school religion teacher/Director of Religious Education
Teaching Catholic Kids – parent newsletter published by Our Sunday Visitor, Sunday Gospel reflections, crafts, liturgical season information and saint stories.
Parent-catechists and Parish catechists
Catechist’s Journey – A Loyola Press sister site for Catechists to learn from and share with one another. Joe Paprocki is the website creator and lead catechist.
The Religion Teacher – Jared Dees’ site with weekly lesson plans, activities, and other useful information and resources for teaching your students.
If you or your parish use a curriculum
Sophis Press Curriculum Site – Parents or catechists can use the free downloads for Sunday Gospel lessons, current event lessons (for High School), and using Sacred Art for teaching the faith. (Scroll to the bottom of the page for these resources and to sign up to have them delivered to your inbox.)

RCIA Adapted for Children Resources
Click here to find tons of free resources as well as Holy Owned and Operated’s members-only material.

Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Just War (and Explaining It To Kids) – Episode 150
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The doctrine of Just War is a difficult thing to comprehend, let alone explain.
We all question every armed conflict, and support or decry it based on our own perceptions of the situation.
Is that right?
How does the Church view the conflict in Ukraine?
How does the Church view its own armed conflicts, and those warriors who fought and killed in the name of Jesus and Mother Church?
Where does following orders fall into this doctrine?
For more than 1600 years, The Church has reconciled turning the other cheek with a natural right to self-defense.
In this episode, we tackle the doctrine of Just War, giving the four tests as laid out in the Catechism, and attempt to share the idea in a way that can be shared with children to help them understand – which means Kristofer understands, too!
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