2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): The One With Salvation
Luke 3.1-6 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. We remember that in Advent we prepare...
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Nov 292 min read
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Preparing to Know Him
Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 Â (full reading) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday involves images that...
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Nov 222 min read
Christ the King (Ages 3-6): Belonging to the King
John 18.33b-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is a special feast in the Church. We call it the feast of Christ...
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Nov 142 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Proper Order
Mark 13.24-32 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends sit on the Mount of...
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Nov 92 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Everything
Mark 12.41-44 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends are at the Temple in...
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Oct 253 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Mercy to Give
Mark 10.46-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Wherever Jesus and his friends go, people follow. They want to see Jesus. They...
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Oct 183 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Shares
Mark 10.35-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his twelve friends continue to walk to...
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Oct 123 min read
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Treasure
Mark 10.17-30 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Everywhere Jesus goes, people come to him. He makes them want to know more...
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Oct 43 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Important
Mark 10.2-16 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n When we listen to the Word of God, we hear about people coming to see Jesus....
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Sep 213 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Welcoming Children
Mark 9.30-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, the disciples start to fight! They are like...
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Sep 132 min read
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Anointed One
Mark 8:27-35 Â Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that people always feel curious about Jesus. They gather around him to...
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Sep 73 min read
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Ephphatha
Mark 7.31-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus has begun to travel again. Wherever he...
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Aug 302 min read
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Holy Hands
Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that when Jesus talks, people gather around to listen to...
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Aug 233 min read
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Best Food
John 6.53 Â and 60-69 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that Jesus, the Good Shepherd, feeds his sheep. We know that...
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Aug 163 min read
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): He Likes It That Way
John 6. 51-58 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Last week, we heard Jesus, the Good Shepherd, tell us again that he is the...
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Aug 92 min read
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Bread That Is Holy
John 6.48-51 Â (abbreviated) [ John 6.41-51 Â (full)] Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Last week we heard Jesus say, "I AM the...
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Aug 23 min read
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Gives
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard Jesus make a great crowd of people sit down so that he could...
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Jul 263 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): He Always Feeds His Sheep
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about Jesus teaching the great crowd of people who need a...
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Jul 193 min read
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Everything They Need
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out his friends—his apostles—to do marvellous...
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Jul 123 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Share and Send
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Often, when we listen to the Gospel, we hear about Jesus doing marvellous things....
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Jul 53 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Ordinary and More
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the reflection this week is open-ended and invites the children into some...
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Jun 283 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Little Lamb, Arise!
Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, when Jesus and his friends return from their...
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Jun 213 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Gift of Awe
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, it is almost night time. It has been a long day for...
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Jun 153 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Marvellous Growth
Mark 4.26-34 Â (focusing on verses 30-32) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the gospel reading this Sunday, Jesus tells us a...
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Jun 83 min read
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus returns home after spending a long time with...
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Jun 13 min read
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): Those Special Words
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we listen again to the account of the Last...
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May 252 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): How Can We Remember?
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Now, after so much celebrating, the great feast of Easter passes. For so long, we...
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May 173 min read
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 102 min read
Ascension (Ages 3-6): We Want To Know
Mark 16.15-20Â (for the youngest child, just verses 19-20) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the seventh Sunday of the...
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May 32 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Living in Joy
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We keep thinking about what Jesus says about himself. Jesus says he is the Good Shepherd...
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Apr 262 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family
John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus sounds like he plays a game with us. I am the vine,...
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Apr 192 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): Knows and Loves
John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection When we listen to the Bible, we hear about people following Jesus. Some of these people...
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Apr 123 min read
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Real Peace
Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus died on the cross, but now he is Risen to new life never to die again. This is...
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Apr 52 min read
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 We know that early in the morning, after Jesus rises from...
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Mar 303 min read
Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus died on the cross and now he is Risen to new life, never to die...
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Mar 233 min read
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 3-6): The Whole Treasure
Mark 14.12-17, 22-24, 26 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...
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Mar 153 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): A Grain of Wheat
John 12.20-33 (for the 3-6 yr old, simply verse 24) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We prepare for so many weeks for the feast...
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Mar 92 min read
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): God So Loves The World
John 3.14-21 (for the 3-6 yr old, just verse 16) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear about...
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Mar 12 min read
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): A Place Set Apart
John 2.13-25 (for the 3-6 yr old, just verses 13-16) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus...
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Feb 233 min read
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Dazzling Light
Mark 9.2-10 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and three of his closest friends go for a walk...
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Feb 173 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Wild With God
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Church has entered a new season called Lent. Every time the Church season...
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Feb 92 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Coming So Close
Mark 1.40-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Right at the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has...
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Feb 32 min read
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Private Time With God
Mark 1.29-39 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus at the synagogue on the Sabbath, the holy day of...
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Jan 262 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Astounds Us
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we thought about the voice of the Good Shepherd. We know that it is good...
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Jan 203 min read
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Know His Voice
Mark 1.14-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about people beginning to follow Jesus. We learned that a...
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Jan 133 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Follow
John 1.35-42 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, our Gospel reading talked about Jesus as just a little baby. This week,...
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Jan 53 min read
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 3-6): What Do They Know
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet!...
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Dec 29, 20233 min read
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 3-6): Revealing Jesus
Luke 2.22-33, 36-40 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For so long we prepared for the feast of Christmas, for the...
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Dec 22, 20233 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Yes, Lord!
Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The end of Advent—this time of preparing, this season of waiting—comes soon. For so...
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Dec 15, 20232 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): What Then?
John 1.6-8, 19-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have been waiting to light the pink candle on the Advent wreath. This...
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