1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Jesus the Light
Mark 13.33-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday begins a new season in the Church. Each season has its own special...
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Reflections for 3-6 year olds
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- Nov 24
- 3 min
Feast of Christ the King (Ages 3-6): The Shepherd Who Is King
Matthew 25.31-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, this reflection attempts to help the child answer the question "Who...
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- Nov 18
- 2 min
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Into the Joy
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-15,19-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells another parable. We...
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- Nov 10
- 3 min
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Chosen For Light
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, we can think of the 3-6 year old as in a time of BEING. BEING in love...
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- Nov 4
- 2 min
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Can Tell Them?
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Everywhere Jesus goes, people come to listen to him. He makes them curious. They...
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- Oct 27
- 1 min
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Loves The Lord?
Matthew 22.34-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this week we hear about some Pharisees. Pharisees are people who...
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- Oct 20
- 3 min
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Praise God!
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, some people come to Jesus and tell him what they...
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- Oct 13
- 2 min
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Invited to the Celebration!
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, once again, this is a difficult Gospel to share with little ones. There...
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- Oct 6
- 2 min
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Lord's Doing
(Matthew 21.33-43) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, I don't mind saying that it was EXTREMELY difficult to find in this...
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- Sep 29
- 2 min
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Good Voice
Matthew 21.28-32 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday considers moral behaviour. For the youngest...
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- Sep 22
- 2 min
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Is This Landowner?
Matthew 20.1-16 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells his disciples another parable about...
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- Sep 15
- 2 min
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Perfect and Even More Than Perfect
Matthew 18.21-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel reading this week is about mercy and forgiveness, both...
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- Sep 8
- 3 min
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Using Our Words
Matthew 18.15-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday we heard Jesus try to explain to his friends that he would die and...
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- Sep 1
- 2 min
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Death Is Not The End
Matthew 16.21-27 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Peter name Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the living...
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- Aug 25
- 2 min
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Naming Jesus
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus and the disciples travel together for a long time. They spend so much...
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- Aug 18
- 2 min
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Does Jesus Help?
Matthew 15.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults: children of this age usually pray in thanksgiving and praise unless...
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- Aug 12
- 3 min
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Our Shepherd King
Matthew 14.22-33 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We know so much about Jesus. We know he is the Good Shepherd who calls each of...
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- Aug 4
- 2 min
Feast of the Transfiguration (Ages 3-6): Peek At The Risen Life
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus taking three of his best friends away by...
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- Jul 29
- 2 min
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Together With The Pearl
Matthew 13.44-52 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus again tells three parables, just like last...
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- Jul 21
- 3 min
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): What Does Jesus Want Us to Know?
Matthew 13.31-32 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel this week is quite long and considers three of Jesus'...
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- Jul 14
- 3 min
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Is This Sower?
Matthew 13.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection At the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus head down to the lake...
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- Jul 7
- 3 min
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): What Do Children Know?
Matthew 11.25-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we listened to Jesus tell his disciples how important children are, how...
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- Jul 1
- 2 min
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Comfortable in Our Home
Matthew 10.37-42 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday we heard Jesus tell the disciples that they are more special than...
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- Jun 24
- 2 min
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): More Special Than Sparrows
Matthew 10.26-33 (for the youngest children, simply verses 29-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus has many...
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- Jun 17
- 2 min
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Knows and Understands
Matthew 9.36 - 10.8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Wherever Jesus goes, people follow–crowds of people, so many people! They want so...
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- Jun 10
- 2 min
The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): I AM the Living Bread
John 6.51-59 (full reading). For the youngest child, we read only verse 51. Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus says...
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- Jun 3
- 2 min
Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): Who Are You, God?
John 3.16-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus speaking to a man named Nicodemus. ...
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- May 27
- 3 min
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 3-6): Together
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is a new feast. We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. We call this...
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- May 20
- 2 min
Ascension Sunday (Ages 3-6): Disciples
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that after Jesus dies and rises to new life, never to die again, he spends...
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- May 13
- 3 min
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): The Advocate
John 14.15-21 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday we listened to Jesus remind the disciples that the Good Shepherd goes ahead...
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- May 6
- 2 min
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Remember Who He Is
John 14:1-12 (read verses 1-4 for the 3-6 year old) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The reading for this Sunday goes back to the Last...
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- Apr 29
- 2 min
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): The Voice of the Good Shepherd
John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here it is, our favourite parable! On the fourth Sunday of Easter each year, the church...
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- Apr 21
- 3 min
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): What Does Jesus Do?
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The feast continues! We celebrate the feast of Jesus dying and rising to new life,...
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- Apr 15
- 2 min
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know
John 20:19-22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to...
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- Apr 8
- 3 min
Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you...
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- Apr 1
- 3 min
Passion Sunday (Ages 3-6): Best. News. Ever.
Matthew 26:17-20, 26-30 (full reading: Matthew 26.14 - 27.66) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...
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- Mar 25
- 2 min
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): The Voice That Calls By Name
John 11.3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (full reading: John 11.1-45) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the fifth...
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- Mar 17
- 3 min
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Jesus Is.
John 9.1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 (full reading: John 9.1-41) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know things about Jesus. We know that he...
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- Mar 11
- 3 min
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Living Water
John 4.5-15 (full reading: John 4.5-42) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We have had two Sundays of Lent; now we come to the third...
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- Mar 3
- 2 min
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Peek At The Risen Life
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus taking three of his best friends away by...
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- Feb 25
- 2 min
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Listening Only To The Voice of God
Matthew 4.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We will notice at church this week that the colour has changed! Instead of green, the...
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- Feb 18
- 2 min
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): How The Good Shepherd Loves
(Adults, the Gospel reading this week is again a moral exhortation: to love as God loves. For the 3-6 year old, for whom "loving "is...
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- Feb 9
- 2 min
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Voice of the Good Shepherd
(Adults, the Gospel reading this week speaks about how to live righteously. 3-6 year olds are at a stage of enjoying the gift of...
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- Feb 2
- 2 min
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Light of the World
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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- Jan 27
- 2 min
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Are The Poor In Spirit?
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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- Jan 20
- 2 min
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Why Do They Follow?
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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- Jan 13
- 3 min
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Knowing That Can Only Come From God
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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- Jan 5
- 3 min
Epiphany of the Lord (Ages 3-6): What do they know?
Matthew 2.1-12 Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet! Still we celebrate our joy! We know that when Jesus is...
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- Dec 31, 2022
- 4 min
Mary, Mother of God (Ages 3-6): Treasure
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle before reading the reflection to your child. The quotations you could read directly from...
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- Dec 24, 2022
- 2 min
Christmas (Ages 3-6): In A Manger
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle before reading the reflection to your child. The quotations you could read directly from...
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