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John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that when Jesus is born, a new moment begins in the History of the Kingdom of...

Luke 22:14-20 , Luke 23:32-43   (full reading: Luke 22.14 - 23.56 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks...

John 8.1-11 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, this is a difficult passage from the Gospels—for adults as well as...

Luke 15.1-3, 11-32   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus often speaks about the love of God. It seems important to...

Luke 13:1-9   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday mentions two tragic events in which people...

Luke 9.28b-36   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Many times in St. Luke's Gospel, we hear about Jesus praying. In the...

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

Luke 6:27-38   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we thought about the Kingdom of God as level ground. We...

Luke 6:17, 20-26   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday begins with Jesus coming down from a...

Luke 5.1-11   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection So often when we listen to the Gospel, we hear about Jesus and his...

Luke 2.22-40 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Today, it seems we move back in time! We thought we left the Christmas...

Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21   Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Each Sunday we listen to the Word of God. This Sunday, though,...

John 2.1-12   Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The reading for this Sunday comes from the Gospel of St. John. We...

Luke 3.15-16, 21-22   Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Soon we will come to the end of the Christmas season, but...

Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We call the second Sunday of the Christmas season the Feast of the...

Luke 2.41-52   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The feast arrived! We waited for so long and now we celebrate! For three...

Luke 1.39-45   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday we light all four candles on the Advent wreath. The feast arrives...

Luke 3.10-18   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday we light the pink  candle on the Advent wreath for the third Sunday...

Luke 3.1-6   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. We remember that in Advent we prepare...

Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent . Advent  is a time of preparing...

John 18.33b-37   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we celebrate a feast called Christ the King. Both "Christ" and...

Mark 13.24-32   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends sit just outside the city...

Mark 12.41-44 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends are at the Temple in...

Mark 10.46-52   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Often, when we listen to the Bible, we hear something about following. Sheep...

Mark 10.35-45   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For several weeks now, we listened to Jesus teach his disciples as they walk...

Mark 10.17-30   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, a man wants to know something. He comes to Jesus...

Mark 10.2-16   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus leaves Galilee and moves into Judea, much...

Mark 9.38-43, 45, 47-48   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, one of Jesus' followers, John, is...

Mark 9.30-37   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, the disciples have a hard time. They cannot...

Mark 8:27-35     Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel last Sunday, we heard about Jesus healing the man who was deaf....

Mark 7.31-37   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We often notice how people are fascinated by Jesus. They like to listen to him;...

Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23   Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n People feel curious about Jesus. Wherever he goes, people gather...

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. 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 6.48-51  (abbreviated) [ John 6.41-51  (full)] Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For the last few weeks, we listened to the...

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 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading last week ended with Jesus beginning to teach a great crowd of...

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 We are used to hearing about all the marvellous things that Jesus says and does. We...

Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For several Sundays, we listened while Jesus and his friends travelled about the land...

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 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have a short Gospel this Sunday. After a long day of teaching people about the...

Mark 4.26-34  (focusing on verses 30-32) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus spends a lot of time telling parables about the...

Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus returns home after spending a long time...

Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Two Sundays after Pentecost, the Gospel reading returns to the moment of the...

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...

Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus ascending into heaven to oversee the building of the...

Mark 16.15-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the last Sunday of the Easter season. We know that for forty days...

John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus continues the parable of the True Vine. Last week,...