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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
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Marvellous Growth
Mark 4.26-34 (focusing on verses 30-32) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the gospel reading this Sunday, Jesus tells us a...
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Jun 15, 20243 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Grace of God
Mark 4.26-34 (focusing on verses 30-32) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus spends a lot of time telling parables about the...
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Jun 15, 20243 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Blastano!
Mark 4.26-34 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this week, Jesus tells two Kingdom of God parables, both about seeds....
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Jun 15, 20245 min read
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus returns home after spending a long time with...
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Jun 8, 20243 min read
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Opposite of Evil
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus returns home after spending a long time...
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Jun 8, 20243 min read
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Multiplication
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday is a sort of sandwich. St. Mark begins by talking about...
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Jun 8, 20244 min read
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): Those Special Words
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we listen again to the account of the Last...
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Jun 1, 20243 min read
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 6-9): The Gift of the Eucharist
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Two Sundays after Pentecost, the Gospel reading returns to the moment of the...
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Jun 1, 20244 min read
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): Celebrating the Covenant
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this Sunday returns us to the account of the Last Supper...
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Jun 1, 20244 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): How Can We Remember?
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Now, after so much celebrating, the great feast of Easter passes. For so long, we...
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May 25, 20242 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): Sure of Love
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For fifty days, we celebrated the great feast of Easter—Jesus rising from the dead...
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May 25, 20243 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Great Gathering-In
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We spent fifty days celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus, his Ascension into...
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May 25, 20244 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 17, 20243 min read
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 6-9): Tongues As of Fire
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus ascending into heaven to oversee the building of the...
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May 17, 20244 min read
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 9-12): Each of Us
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is Pentecost, when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the...
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May 17, 20243 min read
Ascension (Ages 3-6): We Want To Know
Mark 16.15-20 (for the youngest child, just verses 19-20) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the seventh Sunday of the...
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May 10, 20242 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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May 10, 20243 min read
Ascension of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Signs of the Spirit
Mark 16.15-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Soon we will reach the end of the forty-nine days of the Easter season and will...
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May 10, 20243 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Living in Joy
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We keep thinking about what Jesus says about himself. Jesus says he is the Good Shepherd...
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May 3, 20242 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): That Same Love
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus continues the parable of the True Vine. Last week,...
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May 3, 20242 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Kingdom
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday picks up where it ended last Sunday. Jesus continues the...
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May 3, 20243 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family
John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus sounds like he plays a game with us. I am the vine,...
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Apr 26, 20242 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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Apr 26, 20243 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Joy in the Vine
John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard part of the parable of the Good Shepherd. This week we hear part of...
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Apr 26, 20245 min read
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