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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
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Love Never Ends
John 13.1,31-33a, 34-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the fifth Sunday of Easter. In this time of...
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May 16, 20252 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Love This Way
John 13.1,31-33a, 34-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the fifth Sunday of Easter. But even as we...
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May 16, 20252 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Glorify God
John 13.1,31-33a, 34-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Continuing to celebrate the Resurrection on this fifth Sunday of Easter, we...
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May 16, 20253 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): Know and Follow
John 10.27-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter. We know...
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May 8, 20252 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): Never Apart
John 10.27-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Every year on the fourth Sunday of Easter, we celebrate Jesus the Good Shepherd. We...
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May 8, 20252 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 9-12): Fall In Love
John 10.27-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Every year on the fourth Sunday of Easter, we celebrate Jesus the Good Shepherd. Many...
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May 8, 20253 min read
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Joy of the Risen Life
John 21.1-19 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. There will be seven Sundays...
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May 2, 20254 min read
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Abundance, Mercy, Matter
John 21.1-19 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. We are not even halfway through...
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May 2, 20255 min read
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Signs By The Sea
John 21.1-19 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On this third Sunday of Easter we hear another Resurrection account from the Gospel of...
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May 2, 20256 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know
John 20:19- 22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that early in the morning, after Jesus rises...
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Apr 26, 20252 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Contagious
John 20:19- 23 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday actually begins on the evening of the day that Jesus rises...
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Apr 24, 20252 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): A New Creation of Community
John 20:19-31 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this second Sunday of Easter has two parts. It begins on the...
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Apr 24, 20254 min read
Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus died on the cross and now he is Risen to new life, never to die...
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Apr 19, 20253 min read
Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that when Jesus is born, a new moment begins in the History of the Kingdom of...
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Apr 19, 20253 min read
Easter Sunday (Ages 9-12): Things Seen and Unseen
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For many of us, this is a favourite Gospel passage. However, the closer we look at it,...
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Apr 19, 20255 min read
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 3-6): Family Forever
Abbreviated reading for 3-6 year olds: Luke 22:14, 19-20 (f ull reading: Luke 22.14 - 23.56 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and...
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Apr 12, 20253 min read
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 6-9): Remember Me
Luke 22:14-20 , Luke 23:32-43 (full reading: Luke 22.14 - 23.56 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks...
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Apr 12, 20254 min read
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 9-12): Daughters of Jerusalem
Luke 23:26-56 (full reading: Luke 22.14 - 23.56 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning...
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Apr 12, 20254 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Time Out With Jesus
Abbreviated reading for 3-6 year olds ( full reading: John 8.1-11 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the...
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Apr 2, 20253 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): The Face of Mercy
John 8.1-11 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, this is a difficult passage from the Gospels—for adults as well as...
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Apr 2, 20254 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Misery Meets Mercy
John 8.1-11 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that sin makes us miserable. Sins are the choices we make—some that...
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Apr 2, 20254 min read
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Who Is God Like?
Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday is the well-known parable of...
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Mar 29, 20254 min read
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): No Matter What
Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus often speaks about the love of God. It seems important to...
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Mar 29, 20256 min read
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Our Family
Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable that is a...
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Mar 29, 20256 min read
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