24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Being
Mark 8:27-35 Â Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus spends much time traveling around Galilee and the region across the...
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- Sep 7
- 5 min
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Work of Prophets
Mark 7.31-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus and his friends spend much of their time traveling around Israel, mainly...
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- Aug 30
- 4 min
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Hearts That Desire Cleansing
Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus draws people to him. He makes people curious. Some people's...
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- Aug 23
- 3 min
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Something More
John 6.53 Â and 60-69 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we return once again in our thinking to the moment when...
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- Aug 16
- 5 min
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Never Will He Ever
John 6. 51-58 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the middle of the summer, we find ourselves still in the middle of the sixth...
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- Aug 9
- 4 min
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Covenant: Sign and Celebration
John 6.41-51 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For the last few weeks, we listened to chapter 6 of the Gospel of St. John. The...
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- Aug 2
- 4 min
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Satisfying Desire
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus satisfying the hunger of five thousand people. We...
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- Jul 26
- 5 min
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Counting The Signs
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading last week, Jesus has compassion on the crowd of people. He...
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- Jul 19
- 4 min
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prayer and Compassion
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out the twelve with only staff and sandals. He...
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- Jul 12
- 4 min
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Sandals and Staff
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Jesus get rejected by the people of Nazareth. We heard him...
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- Jul 5
- 5 min
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prophet Like Him
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection After several Sundays of hearing Jesus teach and travel around Israel, this Sunday we...
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- Jun 28
- 5 min
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Using Our Faith
Mark 5.21-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday the Gospel recounts two miracles of healing, one account sandwiched...
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- Jun 21
- 4 min
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Fear of the LORD
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus performs a miracle. Usually, when Jesus...
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- Jun 15
- 5 min
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Blastano!
Mark 4.26-34 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this week, Jesus tells two Kingdom of God parables, both about seeds....
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- Jun 8
- 4 min
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Multiplication
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday is a sort of sandwich. St. Mark begins by talking about...
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- Jun 1
- 4 min
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): Celebrating the Covenant
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this Sunday returns us to the account of the Last Supper...
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- May 25
- 4 min
Trinity Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Great Gathering-In
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We spent fifty days celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus, his Ascension into...
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- May 17
- 3 min
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 9-12): Each of Us
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is Pentecost, when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the...
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- May 10
- 3 min
Ascension of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Signs of the Spirit
Mark 16.15-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Soon we will reach the end of the forty-nine days of the Easter season and will...
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- May 3
- 3 min
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Kingdom
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday picks up where it ended last Sunday. Jesus continues the...
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