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The Better Part Podcast
Listen to weekly reflections prior to Sunday Mass!
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Feb 17, 20243 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 17, 20243 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 17, 20243 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 26, 20242 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 13, 20243 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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Dec 29, 20234 min read
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 9-12): The Holy Family of God
Luke 2.22-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On this first Sunday of the Christmas season, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy...
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Dec 22, 20233 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Yes, Lord!
Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The end of Advent—this time of preparing, this season of waiting—comes soon. For so...
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Dec 22, 20233 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Wait No Longer
Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On the fourth Sunday of Advent, so close to the feast we wait to celebrate, we...
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Aug 25, 20234 min read
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Working Through Our Faith
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection At the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus asks the disciples two...
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Jun 3, 20232 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): What God Did, God Does
John 3.16-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is called Trinity Sunday. We say that God is Trinity—One God, three Persons....
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May 27, 20233 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 27, 20233 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 and telling the disciples to...
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May 27, 20233 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 13, 20233 min read
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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May 13, 20233 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): The Spirit of Love
John 14.15-21 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday's Gospel continues the discussion from last week that Jesus has with his...
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Apr 15, 20232 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 (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to...
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Apr 15, 20232 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 15, 20233 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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Jan 27, 20232 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Are The Poor In Spirit?
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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