1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): The Pervasion of God
Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent . In Advent  we prepare  for the...
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Sep 214 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Ask A Good Question
Mark 9.30-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his disciples travel alone. Usually,...
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Jun 213 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Gift of Awe
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, it is almost night time. It has been a long day for...
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Jun 214 min read
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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May 173 min read
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 3-6): Together
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is a new feast. We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. We call this...
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May 174 min read
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 6-9): Tongues As of Fire
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus ascending into heaven to oversee the building of the...
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May 173 min read
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 32 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): That Same Love
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus continues the parable of the True Vine. Last week,...
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May 33 min read
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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Apr 52 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know
John 20:19-22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that early in the morning, after Jesus rises from...
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Apr 52 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Contagious
John 20:19-23 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday actually begins on the evening of the day that Jesus rises...
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Apr 54 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): A New Creation of Community
John 20:19-31 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this second Sunday of Easter has two parts. It begins on the...
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Mar 14 min read
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): A Home For God
John 2.13-25 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, the most holy city in...
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Mar 14 min read
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): A Two-Part Cleansing
John 2.13-25 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem to celebrate the...
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Feb 173 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Wild With God
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Church has entered a new season called Lent. Every time the Church season...
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Feb 173 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): What Will We See?
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have entered a new season in the church called Lent, a time of preparation for...
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Feb 173 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Wilderness of Time
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On Wednesday, the church entered a new season called Lent, the time of...
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Jan 262 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Astounds Us
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we thought about the voice of the Good Shepherd. We know that it is good...
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Jan 133 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Where Are You Staying?
John 1.35-42 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, the Gospel took place in Bethlehem when Jesus is just a little baby....
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Dec 29, 20233 min read
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 3-6): Revealing Jesus
Luke 2.22-33, 36-40 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For so long we prepared for the feast of Christmas, for the...
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