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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Being
Mark 8:27-35 Â Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus spends much time traveling around Galilee and the region across the...

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Sep 13, 20245 min read
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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Sandals and Staff
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Jesus get rejected by the people of Nazareth. We heard him...

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Jul 12, 20244 min read
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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prophet Like Him
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection After several Sundays of hearing Jesus teach and travel around Israel, this Sunday we...

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Jul 5, 20245 min read
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Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): How Can We Remember?
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Now, after so much celebrating, the great feast of Easter passes. For so long, we...

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May 25, 20242 min read
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Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): Sure of Love
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For fifty days, we celebrated the great feast of Easter—Jesus rising from the dead...

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May 25, 20243 min read
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5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family
John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus sounds like he plays a game with us. I am the vine,...

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Apr 26, 20242 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Filling Us With Eternal Life
John 3.14-21 (for the 6-9 yr old, just verses 14-16) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus speaks...

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Mar 9, 20243 min read
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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
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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
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2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Good News!
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We are in the season of Advent, the time when we prepare for the feast of...

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Dec 9, 20232 min read
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2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Straight to Us
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The reading for this Sunday comes from the very beginning of the Gospel of St. Mark....

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Dec 9, 20233 min read
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2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Encounter in the Wilderness
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Each year on the second Sunday of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the birth of...

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Dec 9, 20234 min read
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Into the Heart of God
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us another parable. It is...

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Nov 18, 20236 min read
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Kingdom Clothing
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Another warning this week! The parable in the Gospel is another difficult one....

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Oct 13, 20235 min read
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Naming Jesus
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus and the disciples travel together for a long time. They spend so much...

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Aug 25, 20232 min read
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Given to Peter, Given to Us
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday occurs after the disciples travel with Jesus for...

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Aug 25, 20233 min read
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Feast of the Transfiguration (Ages 3-6): Peek At The Risen Life
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus taking three of his best friends away by...

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Aug 4, 20232 min read
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Ascension Sunday (Ages 3-6): Disciples
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that after Jesus dies and rises to new life, never to die again, he spends...

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May 20, 20232 min read
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Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Smell of the Shepherd at the Gate
John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Many of us are very familiar with the image of the Good Shepherd. The Gospel for this...

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Apr 29, 20233 min read
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Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a very...

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Apr 8, 20233 min read
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