The Better Part

John 4.5-15 (full reading: John 4.5-42 ) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection   We have had two Sundays of Lent; now we come to the third one. On this Sunday, we hear about Jesus taking a break after walking from one town to another on a very hot day. We know what happens when we walk or work or play in the hot sun. We get tired and thirsty. We need rest and water. Does this happen to Jesus, too? So Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar... Jacob’s well was there, and Je

Matthew 3.13-17 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the last of the three Sundays celebrating the feast of Christmas—the feast of Jesus, the Great Light, coming into the world. In the Gospel readings for the first two Sundays of Christmas, Jesus is just a baby, but in the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus is a grown-up man. He comes to get baptized in the river Jordan. Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. Wh

Luke 16.19-31 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, the parable in the Gospel for this Sunday does not have much to say to...

Luke 13.22-30   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, for our youngest children, we spend time enjoying the relationship...

John 10.27-30   Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter. We know...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Luke 4.1-13   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection We enter a new season in the church called Lent , a time of preparation...

Luke 4.1-13   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection On Wednesday, the church entered Lent , the time of preparation  for the...

Luke 6:39-45   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us some parables. We know...

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

John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about Jesus teaching the great crowd of people who need a...

Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out his friends—his apostles—to do marvellous...

Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus call twelve of his friends to be apostles—people who get...

Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Often, when we listen to the Gospel, we hear about Jesus doing marvellous things....

Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, when Jesus and his friends return from their...

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...

John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection When we listen to the Bible, we hear about people following Jesus. Some of these people...