3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Our Redeemer Lives
Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard St. John's account of the Risen Jesus appearing to the disciples who...
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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 9
- 2 min
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Jesus Chooses
Mark 1.40-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has leprosy. This means he...
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- Jan 26
- 3 min
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Power To Act
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about Jesus collecting disciples to travel with him. In the...
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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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- Dec 9, 2023
- 4 min
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Encounter in the Wilderness
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Each year on the second Sunday of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the birth of...
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- Nov 24, 2023
- 3 min
Feast of Christ the King (Ages 9-12): Sheep and Goats
Matthew 25.31-46 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable about the Kingdom of God that...
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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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- Sep 15, 2023
- 3 min
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Perfecty-Perfect
Matthew 18.21-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel reading this week includes both a maxim (vv. 21-22) of...
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- Jul 21, 2023
- 4 min
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Weeds To Strengthen The Wheat?
Matthew 13.24-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a...
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- Jul 7, 2023
- 3 min
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Invitation and Promise
Matthew 11.25-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear an invitation and a promise. Jesus speaks to...
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- Mar 25, 2023
- 4 min
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): The One Coming Into The World
John 11.3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (full reading: John 11.1-45) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the fifth...
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- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle before reading the Gospel to your child.) Matthew 1:18-24 Throughout the Bible, we discover...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Making His Paths Straight
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection,...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 4 min
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Axes and Fire?
(You could begin by reading the scripture passage. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word of God is meant to be heard.)...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): One...In the Likeness of God
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture passage.) Matthew 24.37-44 This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is a time...
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- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): "I Must Stay"
(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, 2022
- 4 min
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Mercy and Joy
(You could begin by reading the scripture passage. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word of God is meant to be heard.) Luke...
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- Sep 16, 2022
- 3 min
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Acting Shrewdly
(Before reading the reflection, take a moment and read the Gospel, or better yet, have someone read it to you. The Good news is meant to...
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- Sep 10, 2022
- 3 min
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): For Love To Be Whole
(Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday includes all three lost and found parables. This reflection looks only the second. If you like,...
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