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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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Jun 1, 20244 min read
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Ascension (Ages 3-6): We Want To Know
Mark 16.15-20Â (for the youngest child, just verses 19-20) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the seventh Sunday of the...

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May 10, 20242 min read
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Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): The Gift That Gathers
John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For many of us, the parable of the Good Shepherd is one of our favourites. When the...

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Apr 19, 20243 min read
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Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 3-6): The Whole Treasure
Mark 14.12-17, 22-24, 26 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...

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Mar 23, 20243 min read
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Praise God!
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, some people come to Jesus and tell him what they...

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Oct 20, 20233 min read
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): All Glory and Honour
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For the last few Sundays, our Gospel readings have been about Jesus in...

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Oct 20, 20234 min read
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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
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Who Would Not Come?
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, here we are again with a difficult parable! For the 6-9 year old, who...

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Oct 13, 20233 min read
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The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 6-9): Bread For Abiding
John 6.51-59 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday has a great long name: The SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF...

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Jun 10, 20233 min read
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The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): God Feeds
John 6.51-59 and the first reading: Deuteronomy 8.2-3, 14-16 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the SOLEMNITY OF THE...

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Jun 10, 20234 min read
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): What Does Jesus Do?
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The feast continues! We celebrate the feast of Jesus dying and rising to new life,...

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Apr 21, 20233 min read
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): We Recognize Truth
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday again takes place on the day that Jesus rises from the dead,...

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Apr 21, 20234 min read
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Retreat
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On this third Sunday of Easter, we hear an account of people meeting Jesus, raised from...

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Apr 21, 20234 min read
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Passion Sunday (Ages 3-6): Best. News. Ever.
Matthew 26:17-20, 26-30 (full reading: Matthew 26.14 - 27.66) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...

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Apr 1, 20233 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Lamb of God
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) John 1:29-34 After weeks of...

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Jan 13, 20233 min read
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Our Best Gift
(Adults, this Gospel speaks of end-times and the cost of discipleship-—two topics that are beyond the needs and questions of the 3-6 year...

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Nov 11, 20223 min read
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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Seeing Jesus
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture passage to your child. Alternatively, read the intro to the reflection, then the...

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Oct 28, 20223 min read
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Body and Blood of the Christ (Ages 6-9): Kingdom Math
(Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to...

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Jun 17, 20223 min read
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Body and Blood of the Christ (Ages 9-12): Whose Feast Is This?
(Begin by reading the Gospel, or better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Gospel is better heard.) Luke 9.11b-17 This Sunday, we...

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Jun 17, 20223 min read
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2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Encounter
John 20.19-31 The Gospel for this week takes place the evening of the Resurrection. Only Mary Magdalene has encountered Jesus Risen from...

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Apr 22, 20224 min read
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