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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- 6 days ago
- 5 min
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
- 3 min
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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- 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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- May 25
- 3 min
Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): Sure of Love
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For fifty days, we celebrated the great feast of Easter—Jesus rising from the dead...
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- Apr 26
- 2 min
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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- Mar 23
- 4 min
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 9-12): Beforehand, the Good News
Mark 14.1-9 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week when,...
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- Mar 9
- 3 min
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Filling Us With Eternal Life
John 3.14-21 (for the 6-9 yr old, just verses 14-16) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus speaks...
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- Feb 23
- 3 min
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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- Dec 9, 2023
- 2 min
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Good News!
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We are in the season of Advent, the time when we prepare for the feast of...
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- Dec 9, 2023
- 3 min
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Straight to Us
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The reading for this Sunday comes from the very beginning of the Gospel of St. Mark....
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- Nov 18, 2023
- 6 min
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Into the Heart of God
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us another parable. It is...
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- Oct 20, 2023
- 5 min
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Offering Ourselves
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Often in the Gospel readings we hear about Pharisees. Many of them are good and...
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- Oct 13, 2023
- 5 min
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Kingdom Clothing
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Another warning this week! The parable in the Gospel is another difficult one....
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- Aug 25, 2023
- 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 25, 2023
- 3 min
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Given to Peter, Given to Us
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday occurs after the disciples travel with Jesus for...
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- Aug 4, 2023
- 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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- Jun 17, 2023
- 3 min
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Friendship with Jesus
Matthew 9.36 - 10.8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus has a group of twelve people close to him. Sometimes the...
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- May 20, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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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