The Better Part

John 1:29-34   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n After weeks of preparing and celebrating the feast of Christmas, we return to Ordinary Time. The church changes the colour back to green. However, in only a few short weeks we will enter another season of preparation and we look toward the feast of Easter. Always, Jesus' death and Resurrection is with us. In the Gospel reading for this Sunday, though, Jesus' death and Resurrection is still in his future. He just got bap

Luke 23.35-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is a special feast day called Christ the King. "Christ" is a title given to Jesus that means "One Who Is Anointed"—one who is chosen by God for something special. The reading for this Sunday talks about Jesus dying on the cross. Is this the "something special" God chooses him for? Is this our King? "Forget-me-nots" (Image by RÜŞTÜ BOZKUŞ from Pixabay.) The reading begins: And the people stood by, watching...

Luke 7.11-17 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Each year we celebrate All Saints Day on November 1st and then All Souls Day on November 2nd. On All Saints, we remember the crowd of people that the Church knows for sure are filled with the Risen Life of God. On All Souls, we remember the crowds of people who died before us. We begin this month, the last month of the Church year, thinking about death. Why? Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large

Luke 4.1-13   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The church enters a new season, so the colour changes! Instead of green,...

John 6.53  and 60-69   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that Jesus, the Good Shepherd, feeds his sheep. We know that...

John 6.53  and 60-69   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For weeks now, we have listened to Jesus speak about himself as the...

John 6.53  and 60-69   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we return once again in our thinking to the moment when...

John 6. 51-58   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Last week, we heard Jesus tell us again that he is the Bread of Life. Living...

John 6. 51-58   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the middle of the summer, we find ourselves still in the middle of the sixth...

John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about a few loaves of barley bread placed in Jesus’ hands to...

John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus satisfying the hunger of five thousand people. We...

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...

John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading last week, Jesus has compassion on the crowd of people. He...

Mark 16.15-20 (for the youngest child, just verses 19-20) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the seventh Sunday of the...

Mark 14.12-17, 22-24, 26 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...

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...

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...

Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The feast continues! We celebrate the feast of Jesus dying and rising to new life,...

Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday again takes place on the day that Jesus rises from the dead,...

Matthew 26:17-20, 26-30 (full reading: Matthew 26.14 - 27.66) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...