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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
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Dazzling Light
Mark 9.2-10 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and three of his closest friends go for a walk...
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Feb 23, 20243 min read
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Holy Time
Mark 9.2-10 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus chooses three of his closest friends to go for...
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Feb 23, 20243 min read
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Hidden and Revealed
Mark 9.2-10 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus chooses three of his closest friends to come...
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Feb 23, 20244 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Wild With God
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Church has entered a new season called Lent. Every time the Church season...
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Feb 17, 20243 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): What Will We See?
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have entered a new season in the church called Lent, a time of preparation for...
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Feb 17, 20243 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Wilderness of Time
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On Wednesday, the church entered a new season called Lent, the time of...
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Feb 17, 20243 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Coming So Close
Mark 1.40-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Right at the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has...
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Feb 9, 20242 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Jesus Chooses
Mark 1.40-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has leprosy. This means he...
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Feb 9, 20242 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Stretches Out His Hand
Mark 1.40-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, a person who has leprosy comes to Jesus. The man...
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Feb 9, 20243 min read
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Private Time With God
Mark 1.29-39 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus at the synagogue on the Sabbath, the holy day of...
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Feb 3, 20242 min read
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Hunting or Seeking?
Mark 1.29-39 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus at the synagogue in Capernaum on the Sabbath day....
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Feb 3, 20244 min read
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Intimate
Mark 1.29-39 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus ordering an unclean spirit out of a man at the...
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Feb 3, 20244 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Astounds Us
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we thought about the voice of the Good Shepherd. We know that it is good...
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Jan 26, 20242 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Power To Act
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about Jesus collecting disciples to travel with him. In the...
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Jan 26, 20243 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Show, Not Tell
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we thought about the Kingdom of God happening in this very moment, and...
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Jan 26, 20244 min read
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Know His Voice
Mark 1.14-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about people beginning to follow Jesus. We learned that a...
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Jan 20, 20243 min read
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Meeting Us
Mark 1.14-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard St. John's account of how Andrew and Simon Peter become...
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Jan 20, 20243 min read
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Kairos
Mark 1.14-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Pope Francis has declared this Sunday, 'the Sunday of the Word of God.' When we...
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Jan 20, 20243 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Follow
John 1.35-42 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, our Gospel reading talked about Jesus as just a little baby. This week,...
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Jan 13, 20243 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Where Are You Staying?
John 1.35-42 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, the Gospel took place in Bethlehem when Jesus is just a little baby....
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Jan 13, 20243 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Who Chooses Disciples?
John 1.35-42 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this week takes place the day after Jesus gets baptized. This is St....
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Jan 13, 20245 min read
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 3-6): What Do They Know
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet!...
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Jan 5, 20243 min read
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 6-9): Is This Epiphany?
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We call the second Sunday of the Christmas season the Feast of the...
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Jan 5, 20244 min read
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 9-12): God Leads Us
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany refers...
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Jan 5, 20245 min read
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