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Reflections for 6-9 year olds


27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Giving Worth
Luke 17.5-10 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, the apostles want something that only God can give....

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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): We Have Been Named
Luke 16.19-31 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, the parable in this Sunday's Gospel presents us with two very different...

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Sep 243 min read
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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Faithful and True
Luke 1 6:10-13 (full reading: Luke 16 .1-13 ) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells the...

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Sep 173 min read
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Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Ages 6-9): Through the Cross
John 3.1 3-17 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday we celebrate the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. To...

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Sep 123 min read
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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Building Group
Luke 14:25-33 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus looks out at the large crowds of people....

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Sep 63 min read
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22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Right Order of Things
Luke 14:1, 7-14 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends go to someone's home for...

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Aug 303 min read
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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): On The Road to Jerusalem
Luke 13.22-30 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus makes his way to Jerusalem, the most holy...

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Aug 212 min read
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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): New Life
Luke 12:49-53 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, this reflection considers simply the first two verses of the Gospel...

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Aug 133 min read
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19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Treasure of the Kingdom
Luke 12.32- 34 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday is quite long and yet the first verses of...

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Aug 62 min read
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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Possessions or Gift?
Luke 12.13-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that Jesus died and is Risen. The Light of his Risen life continues to...

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Aug 13 min read
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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Persistent Prayer
Luke 11.1-13 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Prayer is a mystery. We know that prayer is conversation with God. God speaks....

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Jul 234 min read
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16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Focusing
Luke 10.38-42 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know it is important that we listen to the Word of God. When we listen, we...

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Jul 183 min read
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15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): How To Love
Luke 10.25-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Often, when we listen to stories about Jesus in the Bible, we hear people...

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Jul 113 min read
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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Peace and Joy
Luke 10.1-12, 17-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel this week, Jesus and his disciples journey towards...

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Jul 23 min read
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Solemnity of Saint Peter and Paul (Ages 6-9): Given to Peter, Given to Us
Matthew 16.13- 19 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel for this Sunday occurs after the disciples travel with Jesus for...

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Jun 284 min read
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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 6-9): Kingdom Math
Luke 9.11b-17 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Body and the Blood of Christ. On this...

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Jun 213 min read
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Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): All-In-All
John 16.12-15 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Deep in our hearts, we all want to know God. We want to know God and we want God to...

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Jun 142 min read
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Pentecost Sunday (Ages 6-9): Tongues As Of Fire
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...

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Jun 64 min read
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The Feast of the Ascension (Ages 6-9): Promise
Luke 24.44-53 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the last Sunday of the Easter season. For forty days...

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May 303 min read
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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Before and After
John 14.23-29 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the sixth Sunday of Easter. We take so much time to...

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May 232 min read
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5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Love This Way
John 13.1,31-33a, 34-35 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday, we celebrate the fifth Sunday of Easter. But even as we...

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May 162 min read
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Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): Never Apart
John 10.27-30 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Every year on the fourth Sunday of Easter, we celebrate Jesus the Good Shepherd. We...

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May 82 min read
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3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Abundance, Mercy, Matter
John 21.1-19 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. We are not even halfway through...

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May 25 min read
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2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Contagious
John 20:19- 23 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday actually begins on the evening of the day that Jesus rises...

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Apr 242 min read
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Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding
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...

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Apr 193 min read
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Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 6-9): Remember Me
Luke 22:14-20 , Luke 23:32-43 Â (full reading: Luke 22.14 - 23.56 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks...

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Apr 124 min read
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5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): The Face of Mercy
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...

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Apr 24 min read
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4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): No Matter What
Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus often speaks about the love of God. It seems important to...

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Mar 296 min read
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3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Poor Fig Tree
Luke 13:1-9 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday mentions two tragic events in which people...

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Mar 193 min read
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2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Encounter
Luke 9.28b-36 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Many times in St. Luke's Gospel, we hear about Jesus praying. In the...

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Mar 114 min read
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1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): God's Time
Luke 4.1-13 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection We enter a new season in the church called Lent , a time of preparation...

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Feb 284 min read
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8th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Specks and Logs
Luke 6:39-45 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us some parables about...

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Feb 284 min read
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): More Than Level Is The Kingdom
Luke 6:27-38 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we thought about the Kingdom of God as level ground. We...

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Feb 224 min read
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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Level Is The Kingdom
Luke 6:17, 20-26 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday begins with Jesus coming down from a...

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Feb 144 min read
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Noticed
Luke 5.1-11 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection So often when we listen to the Gospel, we hear about Jesus and his...

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Feb 84 min read
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Presentation of the Lord (Ages 6-9): Salvation and Light
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...

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Jan 314 min read
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Serving The Word
Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Each Sunday we listen to the Word of God. This Sunday, though,...

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Jan 254 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Mother of Jesus Knows
John 2.1-12 Â Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The reading for this Sunday comes from the Gospel of St. John. We...

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Jan 173 min read
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Baptism of the Lord (Ages 6-9): The Power of Prayer
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Â Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Soon we will come to the end of the Christmas season, but...

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Jan 114 min read
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Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 6-9): Is This Epiphany?
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...

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Jan 34 min read
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Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 6-9): Feeding a Need
Luke 2.41-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The feast arrived! We waited for so long and now we celebrate! For three...

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Dec 27, 20244 min read
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4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): She Says Yes
Luke 1.39-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday we light all four candles on the Advent wreath. The feast arrives...

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Dec 19, 20243 min read
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3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): The One Who Comes
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...

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Dec 12, 20244 min read
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2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Proclaim
Luke 3.1-6 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. We remember that in Advent we prepare...

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Dec 6, 20243 min read
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1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Lift Us Up
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...

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Nov 29, 20243 min read
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Christ the King (Ages 6-9): What Kind of King?
John 18.33b-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we celebrate a feast called Christ the King. Both "Christ" and...

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Nov 22, 20243 min read
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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Shake the Universe
Mark 13.24-32 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends sit just outside the city...

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Nov 14, 20244 min read
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Math With Jesus
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...

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Nov 9, 20243 min read
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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Mercy and Faith
Mark 10.46-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Often, when we listen to the Bible, we hear something about following. Sheep...

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Oct 25, 20244 min read
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Dream of God
Mark 10.35-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For several weeks now, we listened to Jesus teach his disciples as they walk...

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Oct 18, 20243 min read
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