17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Encounter With God
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading last week ended with Jesus beginning to teach a great crowd of...
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Jul 265 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Counting The Signs
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading last week, Jesus has compassion on the crowd of people. He...
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Jul 124 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Sandals and Staff
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Jesus get rejected by the people of Nazareth. We heard him...
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Jul 54 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Take Delight in God
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For several Sundays, we listened while Jesus and his friends travelled about the land...
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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 103 min read
Ascension (Ages 6-9): Signs of the Kingdom
Mark 16.15-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the last Sunday of the Easter season. We know that for forty days...
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Apr 263 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Meno in Me
John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus tell part of the parable of the True Vine....
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Nov 24, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Invited to the Celebration!
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, once again, this is a difficult Gospel to share with little ones. There...
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Oct 13, 20233 min read
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Who Would Not Come?
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, here we are again with a difficult parable! For the 6-9 year old, who...
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Oct 13, 20235 min read
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 22, 20232 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Is This Landowner?
Matthew 20.1-16 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells his disciples another parable about...
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Sep 22, 20233 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Everyone Is Needed
Matthew 20.1-16 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells his disciples a new parable. We...
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Sep 22, 20235 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): An Abundance of Joy
Matthew 20.1-16 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells his disciples a parable to help them...
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Aug 25, 20233 min read
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Given to Peter, Given to Us
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday occurs after the disciples travel with Jesus for...
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Jul 29, 20232 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Together With The Pearl
Matthew 13.44-52 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus again tells three parables, just like last...
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Jul 29, 20233 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Trespassers In The Kingdom
Matthew 13.44-52 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus still tells parables! He knows that people...
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Jul 29, 20234 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Kingdom Living
Matthew 13.44-52 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus again gives us three parables. Three...
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Jul 21, 20233 min read
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): What Does Jesus Want Us to Know?
Matthew 13.31-32 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel this week is quite long and considers three of Jesus'...
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Jul 21, 20234 min read
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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