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Feast of Christ the King (Ages 3-6): The Shepherd Who Is King
Matthew 25.31-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, this reflection attempts to help the child answer the question "Who...
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Nov 24, 20233 min read
Feast of Christ the King (Ages 6-9): Helping the Least. Serving the King.
Matthew 25.31-46 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus tells a rather unusual parable about the...
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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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Nov 24, 20233 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Into the Joy
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-15,19-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells another parable. We...
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Nov 18, 20232 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Entrusted to Create
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us another parable. He knows...
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Nov 18, 20234 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Into the Heart of God
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us another parable. It is...
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Nov 18, 20236 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Chosen For Light
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, we can think of the 3-6 year old as in a time of BEING. BEING in love...
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Nov 10, 20233 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Light For The Banquet
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, we can think of the 6-9 year old as in a time of KNOWING—KNOWING who...
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Nov 10, 20233 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Taking The Time
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In another parable this Sunday, Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God is like...
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Nov 10, 20234 min read
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Can Tell Them?
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Everywhere Jesus goes, people come to listen to him. He makes them curious. They...
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Nov 4, 20232 min read
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Exalted
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For a few weeks now, we have heard about the Pharisees. Some of the Pharisees...
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Nov 4, 20233 min read
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): How To Love Our Neighbours As Ourselves
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week in the Gospel, we heard Jesus name the two greatest commandments in...
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Nov 4, 20234 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Loves The Lord?
Matthew 22.34-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this week we hear about some Pharisees. Pharisees are people who...
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Oct 27, 20231 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Heart, Mind, and Soul
Matthew 22.34-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the Pharisees come to Jesus and ask, “Teacher,...
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Oct 27, 20233 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): You Shall
Matthew 22.34-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, some Pharisees come once again to test Jesus. They...
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Oct 27, 20233 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Praise God!
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, some people come to Jesus and tell him what they...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): All Glory and Honour
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For the last few Sundays, our Gospel readings have been about Jesus in...
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Oct 20, 20234 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Offering Ourselves
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Often in the Gospel readings we hear about Pharisees. Many of them are good and...
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Oct 20, 20235 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, 20232 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, 20233 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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Oct 13, 20235 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Lord's Doing
(Matthew 21.33-43) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, I don't mind saying that it was EXTREMELY difficult to find in this...
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Oct 6, 20232 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Plan of the Landowner
Matthew 21.33-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the parable in this Sunday's Gospel is upsetting, to be followed by an...
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Oct 6, 20234 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Fruit For Joy
Matthew 21.33-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (A warning this week: the parable in the Gospel is a difficult one. Read it...
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Oct 6, 20234 min read
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