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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
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Is This Sower?
Matthew 13.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection At the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus head down to the lake...
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Jul 14, 20233 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): We Will Listen
Matthew 13.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection At the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus leave the house he is...
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Jul 14, 20234 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Preparing the Soil
Matthew 13.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday has some great visuals. As we listen, we can imagine...
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Jul 14, 20233 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): What Do Children Know?
Matthew 11.25-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we listened to Jesus tell his disciples how important children are, how...
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Jul 7, 20233 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Invitation and Promise
Matthew 11.25-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear an invitation and a promise. Jesus speaks to...
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Jul 7, 20233 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Ploughing Together
Matthew 11.25-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus speaks of carrying burdens. He knows people...
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Jul 7, 20232 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Comfortable in Our Home
Matthew 10.37-42 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday we heard Jesus tell the disciples that they are more special than...
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Jul 1, 20232 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Right Order of Loving
Matthew 10.37-42 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, when we heard Jesus preparing his disciples to go out to teach about...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Welcoming and Being Welcomed
Matthew 10.37-42 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, when we heard Jesus preparing his disciples to go out to teach, we...
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Jul 1, 20232 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): More Special Than Sparrows
Matthew 10.26-33 (for the youngest children, simply verses 29-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus has many...
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Jun 24, 20232 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): To Reveal the Hidden
Matthew 10.26-33 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the reading for this Sunday, Jesus prepares his disciples to go out into the...
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Jun 24, 20232 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Acknowledged
Matthew 10.26-33 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we hear Jesus preparing his disciples to go out into the world to...
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Jun 24, 20233 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Knows and Understands
Matthew 9.36 - 10.8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Wherever Jesus goes, people follow–crowds of people, so many people! They want so...
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Jun 17, 20232 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Friendship with Jesus
Matthew 9.36 - 10.8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus has a group of twelve people close to him. Sometimes the...
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Jun 17, 20233 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Gifts for Kingdom Work
Matthew 9.36 - 10.8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection During Jesus' time on earth, he speaks often about the Kingdom of God. He shows...
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Jun 17, 20233 min read
The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): I AM the Living Bread
John 6.51-59 (full reading). For the youngest child, we read only verse 51. Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus says...
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Jun 10, 20232 min read
The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 6-9): Bread For Abiding
John 6.51-59 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday has a great long name: The SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF...
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Jun 10, 20233 min read
The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): God Feeds
John 6.51-59 and the first reading: Deuteronomy 8.2-3, 14-16 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the SOLEMNITY OF THE...
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Jun 10, 20234 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): Who Are You, God?
John 3.16-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus speaking to a man named Nicodemus. ...
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Jun 3, 20232 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): What God Did, God Does
John 3.16-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is called Trinity Sunday. We say that God is Trinity—One God, three Persons....
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Jun 3, 20232 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Syrup of God
John 3.16-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is Trinity Sunday and our Church asks us to stop and think for a while about...
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Jun 3, 20234 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 27, 20233 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 and telling the disciples to...
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May 27, 20233 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 27, 20233 min read
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