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The Better Part Podcast
Listen to weekly reflections prior to Sunday Mass!
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thebetterpart
Feb 14, 20204 min read
The Fullness of the Law
Matthew 5.17, 20-24, 27-28, 33-34, 37++ full reading: Matthew 5.17-37 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 9-12 year olds The Gospel...
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thebetterpart
Feb 14, 20202 min read
‘Yes,’ if ‘Yes,’ or ‘No,’, if ‘No’
Matthew 5.17, 20-24, 27-28, 33-34, 37++ full reading: Matthew 5.17-37 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 6-9 year olds (Adults: the...
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thebetterpart
Feb 14, 20202 min read
The Voice of the Good Shepherd
Matthew 5.17, 20-24, 27-28, 33-34, 37++ full reading: Matthew 5.17-37 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 3-6 year olds (Adults: the...
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thebetterpart
Feb 7, 20203 min read
A city built on a hill
Matthew 5.13-16 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 9-12 year olds You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid....
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thebetterpart
Feb 7, 20202 min read
Salt and saltiness
Matthew 5.13-16 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 6-9 year olds You are the salt of the earth In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus...
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thebetterpart
Feb 7, 20202 min read
Who is the light of the world?
Matthew 5.13-16 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 3-6 year olds We know that long before Jesus was born, God prepared the people for...
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thebetterpart
Feb 1, 20203 min read
Living the Law of the Lord
Luke 2.22-40 Presentation of the Lord 9-12 year olds This Sunday, February 2nd, is exactly 40 days after Christmas. (You can check this...
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thebetterpart
Feb 1, 20203 min read
Salvation and Light
Luke 2.22-40 Presentation of the Lord 6-9 year olds Today we are moving back in time it seems! You might have thought we had left the...
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thebetterpart
Feb 1, 20202 min read
Guided by the Spirit
Luke 2.22-40 Presentation of the Lord 3-6 year olds For the last 3 Sundays, we have been listening to Gospel accounts of Jesus' life as...
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thebetterpart
Jan 25, 20203 min read
The people who...?...have seen a great light
Matthew 4.12-23 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 9-12 year olds The Gospel this week begins with disturbing news. John the Baptist...
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thebetterpart
Jan 25, 20203 min read
They have to go see.
Matthew 4.12-23 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 6-9 year olds This week in the Gospel, we hear Jesus calling four people to come...
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thebetterpart
Jan 25, 20201 min read
Why do they follow?
Matthew 4.12-23 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 3-6 year olds This week in the Gospel, we hear Jesus calling to four people. There...
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thebetterpart
Jan 18, 20202 min read
Lamb of God
John 1.29-34 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 9-12 year olds John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the...
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thebetterpart
Jan 18, 20202 min read
Making our home in him
John 1.29-34 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 6-9 year olds This Sunday we hear John the Baptist talking about Jesus' baptism. I saw...
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thebetterpart
Jan 18, 20202 min read
A knowing that can only come from God
John 1.29-34 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A 3-6 year olds This Sunday, once again we hear about John the Baptist. Some of you may...
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thebetterpart
Jan 11, 20203 min read
Planted firmly among humans
Matthew 3.13-17 BAPTISM OF THE LORD – YEAR A 9-12 year olds At the close of the Christmas season, we leave the secret years of Jesus'...
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thebetterpart
Jan 11, 20203 min read
What is John the Baptist's problem?
Matthew 3.13-17 BAPTISM OF THE LORD – YEAR A 6-9 year olds We are coming to the end of the Christmas season. Most people think Christmas...
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thebetterpart
Jan 11, 20203 min read
At Baptism, what do we feel, and see, and hear?
Matthew 3.13-17 BAPTISM OF THE LORD – YEAR A 3-6 year olds This Sunday is the last of the three Sundays celebrating the feast of...
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thebetterpart
Jan 4, 20203 min read
Forever changed
Matthew 2.1-12 EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – YEAR A 9-12 year olds In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise...
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thebetterpart
Jan 4, 20202 min read
King of the Jews
Matthew 2.1-12 EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – YEAR A 6-9 year olds “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his...
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thebetterpart
Jan 4, 20202 min read
Gold and Frankincense
Matthew 2.1-12 EPIPHANY OF THE LORD – YEAR A 3-6 year olds We know that when Jesus was born, people came to visit him. God wanted people...
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thebetterpart
Dec 28, 20192 min read
Out of Egypt, I have called my Son
Matthew 2.13-15, 19-23 FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS – YEAR 9-12 year olds Last week, we thought about...
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thebetterpart
Dec 28, 20192 min read
Participating in the Plan of God
Matthew 2.13-15, 19-23 FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS – YEAR A 6-9 year olds In the Gospel reading this...
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thebetterpart
Dec 28, 20192 min read
Growing up in Safety
Matthew 2.13-15, 19-23 FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS – YEAR A 3-6 year olds In the Gospel reading this...
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