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Reflections for 3-6 year olds


20th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Cannot Wait
Luke 12:49-53 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, this reflection considers simply the first verse of the Gospel reading,...

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3 days ago2 min read
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19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Listening for the Treasure
Luke 12.32- 34 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday is quite long and involves concepts young...

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Aug 62 min read
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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Abundantly
Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable. We know that parables are...

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Aug 12 min read
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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): How To Pray
Luke 11.1-13 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Already we know that prayer is listening to God and talking to God. Already we...

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Jul 232 min read
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16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Together With Jesus
Luke 10.38-42  Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus visits two sisters—one named Martha, and...

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Jul 182 min read
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15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Name of God is Mercy
Luke 10.25-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Often, when we listen to stories about Jesus in the Bible, we hear the word "...

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Jul 113 min read
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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Spreading the Peace
Luke 10.1-9 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that Jesus walks all around the land of Israel, spreading the good news...

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Jul 22 min read
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Solemnity of Saint Peter and Paul (Ages 3-6): Naming Jesus
Matthew 16.13- 19 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus and the disciples travel together for a long time. They spend so much...

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Jun 282 min read
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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): Everyone Full
Luke 9.11b-17 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Everywhere Jesus walks, people gather to listen to him speak about the Kingdom of...

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Jun 213 min read
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Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): We Know Truth
John 16.12-15 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Deep in our hearts, we all want to know God. How can we know? Jesus helps. He tells...

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Jun 142 min read
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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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Jun 63 min read
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The Feast of the Ascension (Ages 3-6): Blessings
Luke 24.44-53 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the seventh Sunday of the Easter season. For seven weeks, we celebrate...

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May 303 min read
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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Remind Us
John 14.23-29 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here we are, still celebrating the great feast of Easter! Because it is our greatest...

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May 233 min read
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5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Love Never Ends
John 13.1,31-33a, 34-35 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the fifth Sunday of Easter. In this time of...

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May 162 min read
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Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): Know and Follow
John 10.27-30 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter. We know...

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May 82 min read
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Joy of the Risen Life
John 21.1-19 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. There will be seven Sundays...

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May 24 min read
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2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know
John 20:19- 22 Â Â (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that early in the morning, after Jesus rises...

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Apr 262 min read
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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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Apr 193 min read
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Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 3-6): Family Forever
Abbreviated reading for 3-6 year olds: Luke 22:14, 19-20 Â (f ull reading: Luke 22.14 - 23.56 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and...

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Apr 123 min read
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5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Time Out With Jesus
Abbreviated reading for 3-6 year olds ( full reading: John 8.1-11 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the...

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Apr 23 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Who Is God Like?
Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday is the well-known parable of...

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Mar 294 min read
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3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): The Good Gardener
Luke 13:1-9 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, this reflection considers only the parable in verses 6-9. How...

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Mar 192 min read
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2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): While Jesus Prays
Luke 9.28b-36 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus needs time to pray. He wants to...

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Mar 113 min read
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1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Bread and the Lord
Luke 4.1-13 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The church enters a new season, so the colour changes! Instead of green,...

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Feb 282 min read
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8th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Best
Luke 6:39-45 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us some parables. We know...

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Feb 282 min read
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Mercy Overflows
Luke 6:27-38 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday contains many instructions for how...

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Feb 222 min read
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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Looks Up
Luke 6:17, 20-26 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday begins with Jesus coming down from a...

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Feb 143 min read
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Abundance
Luke 5.1-11 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Often when we listen to the Word of God we hear about people who follow...

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Feb 83 min read
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Presentation of the Lord (Ages 3-6): Guided By The Spirit
Luke 2.22-40 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n For three Sundays now, we listened to Gospel accounts of Jesus' life as a...

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Jan 313 min read
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Word of God
Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n We call thi s Sunday, "The Sunday of the Word of God." We pay...

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Jan 253 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Listen To His Voice
John 2.1-12  Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that when two people love  each other very much, they get...

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Jan 173 min read
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Baptism of the Lord (Ages 3-6): Let God Love
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Â Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n S till we celebrate the feast of Christmas! This is the...

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Jan 113 min read
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Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 3-6): What Do They Know?
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet!...

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Jan 33 min read
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Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 3-6): God's Home
Luke 2.41-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Now we celebrate! Now we feast! Jesus, the Light, enters our world as a tiny...

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Dec 27, 20243 min read
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4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Knowing and Joy
Luke 1.39-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the 4th Sunday of Advent. We light all four candles on the Advent...

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Dec 19, 20243 min read
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3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Our Joy
Luke 3.10-18 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, in the Gospel for this Sunday the people ask John what they must do to...

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Dec 12, 20243 min read
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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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Dec 6, 20242 min read
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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 29, 20242 min read
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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 22, 20242 min read
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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 14, 20242 min read
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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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Nov 9, 20242 min read
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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 25, 20243 min read
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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 18, 20243 min read
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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 12, 20243 min read
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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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Oct 4, 20243 min read
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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 21, 20243 min read
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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 13, 20242 min read
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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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Sep 7, 20243 min read
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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 30, 20242 min read
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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 23, 20243 min read
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