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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Empty Hands
Mark 10.17-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, a man wants to know something. He comes to Jesus...

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Oct 12, 20243 min read


27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Healing From God
Mark 10.2-16 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus leaves Galilee and moves into Judea, much...

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Oct 4, 20244 min read


26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): It Is Better
Mark 9.38-43, 45, 47-48 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, one of Jesus' followers, John, is...

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Sep 27, 20244 min read


25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Focus
Mark 9.30-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, the disciples have a hard time. They cannot...

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Sep 21, 20243 min read


24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): On Divine Things
Mark 8:27-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel last Sunday, we heard about Jesus healing the man who was deaf....

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Sep 13, 20244 min read


23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Aside, In Private, Away From
Mark 7.31-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We often notice how people are fascinated by Jesus. They like to listen to him;...

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Sep 7, 20244 min read


22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Sanctifying
Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n People feel curious about Jesus. Wherever he goes, people gather...

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Aug 30, 20243 min read


21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Spirit and Life
John 6.53 and 60-69 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For weeks now, we have listened to Jesus speak about himself as the...

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Aug 23, 20244 min read


20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Family Time
John 6. 51-58 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Last week, we heard Jesus tell us again that he is the Bread of Life. Living...

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Aug 16, 20243 min read


19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Bread Like No Other
John 6.48-51 (abbreviated) [ John 6.41-51 (full)] Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For the last few weeks, we listened to the...

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Aug 9, 20244 min read


18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Life For The World
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about a few loaves of barley bread placed in Jesus’ hands to...

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Aug 2, 20243 min read


17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Encounter With God
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading last week ended with Jesus beginning to teach a great crowd of...

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Jul 26, 20244 min read


16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Word That Shepherds
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus call twelve of his friends to be apostles—people who get...

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Jul 19, 20244 min read


15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Called To Be Sent
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We are used to hearing about all the marvellous things that Jesus says and does. We...

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Jul 12, 20242 min read


14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Take Delight in God
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For several Sundays, we listened while Jesus and his friends travelled about the land...

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Jul 5, 20244 min read


13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Sleep-Training
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 28, 20244 min read


12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Who Then Is This?
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have a short Gospel this Sunday. After a long day of teaching people about the...

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Jun 21, 20244 min read


11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Grace of God
Mark 4.26-34 (focusing on verses 30-32) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus spends a lot of time telling parables about the...

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Jun 15, 20243 min read


10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Opposite of Evil
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...

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Jun 8, 20243 min read


The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 6-9): The Gift of the Eucharist
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Two Sundays after Pentecost, the Gospel reading returns to the moment of the...

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Jun 1, 20244 min read
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