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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Abundantly
Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable. We know that parables are...

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Aug 1, 20252 min read


18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Possessions or Gift?
Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that Jesus died and is Risen. The Light of his Risen life continues to...

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Aug 1, 20253 min read


18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Right and Just
Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel for this Sunday has a shocking beginning. Someone asks Jesus for help...

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Aug 1, 20253 min read


The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): Everyone Full
Luke 9.11b-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Everywhere Jesus walks, people gather to listen to him speak about the Kingdom of...

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Jun 21, 20253 min read


The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 6-9): Kingdom Math
Luke 9.11b-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Body and the Blood of Christ. On this...

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Jun 21, 20253 min read


The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): Whose Feast Is This?
Luke 9.11b-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Body and the Blood of Christ. A feast...

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Jun 21, 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


8th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Treasure and Fruit
Luke 6:39-45 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection For the last few weeks, we heard our call to be prophets for God. God...

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Feb 28, 20254 min read


5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Work Enough For All
Luke 5.1-11 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear about the moment when Simon Peter...

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Feb 8, 20254 min read


17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Encounter With God
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading last week ended with Jesus beginning to teach a great crowd of...

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Jul 26, 20244 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


24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Perfect and Even More Than Perfect
Matthew 18.21-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel reading this week is about mercy and forgiveness, both...

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Sep 15, 20232 min read


22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Death Is Not The End
Matthew 16.21-27 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Peter name Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the living...

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Sep 1, 20232 min read


Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): Abundance
John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here it is, one of the best loved parables! Or, at least, here is one part of the...

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Apr 29, 20233 min read


7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): How The Good Shepherd Loves
(Adults, the Gospel reading this week is again a moral exhortation: to love as God loves. For the 3-6 year old, for whom "loving "is...

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Feb 18, 20232 min read


Epiphany of the Lord (Ages 3-6): What do they know?
Matthew 2.1-12 Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet! Still we celebrate our joy! We know that when Jesus is...

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Jan 5, 20233 min read


Christ The King (Ages 3-6): Jesus Is King!
(Adults, with 3-6 year olds we never mention Jesus' death without in the same breath proclaiming the Resurrection. Young children are not...

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Nov 17, 20222 min read


27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed
(Adults, you could begin by listening to verses 5 and 6 with your child.) Luke 17.5-10 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus' friends want...

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Oct 1, 20222 min read
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