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Hello, good people :)
After 7 years of publishing The Better Part, I am ready to stop.
As many of you probably recognize, the reflections simply repeat every three years, following the calendar of the Church. Using the search bar above, you can type in the Sunday you are looking for (eg. 20th Sunday) and the reflections that match will show up. Until Advent 2026, you are looking for "year A" reflections.
The podcast will continue. You can find it on most Podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean).
God bless you all and the children you serve.
Paula
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Bread That Is Holy
John 6.48-51 (abbreviated) [ John 6.41-51 (full)] Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Last week we heard Jesus say, "I AM the...
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Aug 9, 20242 min read
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Bread Like No Other
John 6.48-51 (abbreviated) [ John 6.41-51 (full)] Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For the last few weeks, we listened to the...
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Aug 9, 20244 min read
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Covenant: Sign and Celebration
John 6.41-51 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For the last few weeks, we listened to chapter 6 of the Gospel of St. John. The...
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Aug 9, 20244 min read
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Gives
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard Jesus make a great crowd of people sit down so that he could...
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Aug 2, 20243 min read
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Life For The World
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about a few loaves of barley bread placed in Jesus’ hands to...
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Aug 2, 20243 min read
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Satisfying Desire
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus satisfying the hunger of five thousand people. We...
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Aug 2, 20244 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): He Always Feeds His Sheep
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about Jesus teaching the great crowd of people who need a...
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Jul 26, 20243 min read
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 26, 20244 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 26, 20245 min read
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Everything They Need
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out his friends—his apostles—to do marvellous...
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Jul 19, 20243 min read
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Word That Shepherds
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus call twelve of his friends to be apostles—people who get...
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Jul 19, 20244 min read
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prayer and Compassion
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out the twelve with only staff and sandals. He...
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Jul 19, 20244 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Share and Send
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Often, when we listen to the Gospel, we hear about Jesus doing marvellous things....
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Jul 12, 20243 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Called To Be Sent
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We are used to hearing about all the marvellous things that Jesus says and does. We...
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Jul 12, 20242 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 12, 20244 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Ordinary and More
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the reflection this week is open-ended and invites the children into some...
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Jul 5, 20243 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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Jul 5, 20244 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prophet Like Him
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection After several Sundays of hearing Jesus teach and travel around Israel, this Sunday we...
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Jul 5, 20245 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Little Lamb, Arise!
Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, when Jesus and his friends return from their...
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Jun 28, 20243 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Sleep-Training
Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, when Jesus and his friends return from their...
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Jun 28, 20244 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Using Our Faith
Mark 5.21-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday the Gospel recounts two miracles of healing, one account sandwiched...
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Jun 28, 20245 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Gift of Awe
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, it is almost night time. It has been a long day for...
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Jun 21, 20243 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Who Then Is This?
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have a short Gospel this Sunday. After a long day of teaching people about the...
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Jun 21, 20244 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Fear of the LORD
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus performs a miracle. Usually, when Jesus...
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Jun 21, 20244 min read
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