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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Merciful Givers
Luke 6:27-38 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard Jesus call the twelve apostles to be prophets . We...
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Feb 224 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Listen To His Voice
John 2.1-12  Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that when two people love  each other very much, they get...
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Jan 173 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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Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): Knows and Loves
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...
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Apr 19, 20242 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): God So Loves The World
John 3.14-21 (for the 3-6 yr old, just verse 16) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear about...
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Mar 9, 20242 min read
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Chosen For Light
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, we can think of the 3-6 year old as in a time of BEING. BEING in love...
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Nov 10, 20233 min read
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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
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Be Perfect?
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 5.38-48 In the Gospel...
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Feb 18, 20233 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): No Matter What
(Adults, you could begin by reading the first paragraph of the reflection to the child, then read the Gospel, and then continue with the...
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Mar 25, 20225 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Listen To His Voice
(Adults, you could begin by reading the first paragraph of the reflection to the child, then read the Gospel, and then continue with the...
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Jan 13, 20223 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Mother of Jesus Knows
(Adults, you could begin by reading the first paragraph of the reflection to the child, then read the Gospel, and then continue with the...
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Jan 13, 20223 min read
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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Way of God
(Adults, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to the child, then read the Gospel, and then continue with the reflection.)...
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Oct 27, 20212 min read
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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): You Shall
(Adults, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to the child, then read the Gospel, and then continue with the reflection.)...
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Oct 27, 20212 min read
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31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Simple, Perhaps
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Mark 12.28-34 In the...
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Oct 27, 20213 min read
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Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): Sure of Love
(Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a very fluent reader.) Matthew 28.16-20 For fifty days, we...
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May 28, 20213 min read
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6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Kingdom
John 15.9-17 The Gospel for this Sunday picks up where it ended last Sunday. Jesus continues the parable of the True Vine. We hear...
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May 6, 20213 min read
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