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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): To Proclaim and To Do
Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Although we listen each week to the Word of God, this Sunday we...

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Jan 25, 20254 min read


Baptism of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Soaking Up The Love
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n At the close of the Christmas season, we leave the secret...

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Jan 11, 20254 min read


3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Our Joy
Luke 3.10-18 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


25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Welcoming Children
Mark 9.30-37 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


24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Anointed One
Mark 8:27-35 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


24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Being
Mark 8:27-35 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 13, 20245 min read


23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Ephphatha
Mark 7.31-37 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


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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Jul 5, 20245 min read


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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May 25, 20243 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 26, 20242 min read


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 23, 20244 min read


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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Mar 9, 20243 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 23, 20243 min read


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, 20232 min read


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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Dec 9, 20233 min read


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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Nov 18, 20236 min read


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 20, 20235 min read


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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Oct 13, 20235 min read


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, 20232 min read


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 25, 20233 min read
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