The Better Part

Mark 1.40-45 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has leprosy. This means he has an awful skin condition that is very...

(Adults, you could begin by reading the entire Gospel passage so that the child hears it once in its entirety before we think about the...

(Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to the...

(Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. It is good to hear the Word of God.) Mark 1.1-8 Each...

(Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. It is good to hear the Word of God.) Matthew 25.31-46...

(Another warning this week! The parable in the Gospel is another difficult one. Read it through first, or ask someone to read it to you....

(Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 21.28-32 Often...

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A 6-9 year olds (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a very...

5th Sunday of Lent, Year A 9-12 year olds (Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. The Word is...

Matthew 5.13-16 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 6-9 year olds You are the salt of the earth In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus...

Matthew 1:18-24 4th Sunday of Advent, Year A 6-9 year olds She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his...

Matthew 3.1-12 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A 9-12 year olds "Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that...

Matthew 3.1-12 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A 6-9 year olds In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea,...

Matthew 24.37-44 1st Sunday of Advent, Year A 6-9 year olds Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is a time of preparing for the...

Luke 19:1-10 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Have you heard this gospel story before? It's kind of funny, because a grown man--a...

Luke 19:1-10 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Last week Jesus told a parable about a tax collector and this week he meets a real,...

Luke 15:11-24 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C This is a long parable, and a favourite for many people. We can listen to this parable...

Luke 15:8-9 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Here we have another parable about searching and finding. In Jesus' time, when a woman...

#Reconciliation #sacramentofreconciliation Someone asked Jesus, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He said to them, “Strive to enter...