3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Real Peace
Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus died on the cross, but now he is Risen to new life never to die again. This is...
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- Apr 12
- 4 min
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Heaven and Earth Meet
Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Easter is not just one day, but a whole season—seven Sundays long! We have...
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- Apr 12
- 4 min
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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- Apr 5
- 2 min
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 5
- 2 min
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 5
- 4 min
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 30
- 3 min
Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus died on the cross and now he is Risen to new life, never to die...
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- Mar 30
- 3 min
Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that when Jesus is born, a new moment begins in the History of the Kingdom of...
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- Mar 30
- 5 min
Easter Sunday (Ages 9-12): Things Seen and Unseen
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For many of us, this is a favourite Gospel passage. However, the closer we look at it,...
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- Mar 23
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 6-9): Come Down!
Mark 15.25-39 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week...
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- Mar 23
- 4 min
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 9-12): Beforehand, the Good News
Mark 14.1-9 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week when,...
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- Mar 15
- 3 min
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): A Grain of Wheat
John 12.20-33 (for the 3-6 yr old, simply verse 24) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We prepare for so many weeks for the feast...
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- Mar 15
- 3 min
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Possibility of More
John 12.20-33 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For many weeks of Lent, we prepare for the feast of Easter. When Easter arrives,...
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- Aug 4, 2023
- 2 min
Feast of the Transfiguration (Ages 3-6): Peek At The Risen Life
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus taking three of his best friends away by...
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- Apr 21, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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 15, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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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