24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Perfecty-Perfect
Matthew 18.21-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel reading this week includes both a maxim (vv. 21-22) of...
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Reflections for 6-9 year olds
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- Sep 8
- 4 min
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Problem Solving
Matthew 18.15-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his disciples head towards Jerusalem,...
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- Sep 1
- 3 min
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Peter's Choice
Matthew 16.21-27 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Peter say boldly that Jesus is the Messiah, the One...
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- Aug 25
- 3 min
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Given to Peter, Given to Us
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday occurs after the disciples travel with Jesus for...
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- Aug 18
- 3 min
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Eyes On Jesus
Matthew 15.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel this week follows not long after Jesus saves Peter when he begins to...
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- Aug 12
- 4 min
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Sign of Our King
Matthew 14.22-33 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear one of Jesus' miracles. Miracles are signs...
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- Aug 4
- 3 min
Feast of the Transfiguration (Ages 6-9): Among Us
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the middle of the summer, the Church takes a moment to celebrate the...
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- Jul 29
- 3 min
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Trespassers In The Kingdom
Matthew 13.44-52 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus still tells parables! He knows that people...
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- Jul 21
- 4 min
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Weeds To Strengthen The Wheat?
Matthew 13.24-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a...
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- Jul 14
- 4 min
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): We Will Listen
Matthew 13.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection At the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus leave the house he is...
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- Jul 7
- 3 min
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Invitation and Promise
Matthew 11.25-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear an invitation and a promise. Jesus speaks to...
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- Jul 1
- 3 min
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Right Order of Loving
Matthew 10.37-42 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, when we heard Jesus preparing his disciples to go out to teach about...
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- Jun 24
- 2 min
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): To Reveal the Hidden
Matthew 10.26-33 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the reading for this Sunday, Jesus prepares his disciples to go out into the...
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- Jun 17
- 3 min
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Friendship with Jesus
Matthew 9.36 - 10.8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus has a group of twelve people close to him. Sometimes the...
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- Jun 10
- 3 min
The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 6-9): Bread For Abiding
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...
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- Jun 3
- 2 min
Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): What God Did, God Does
John 3.16-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is called Trinity Sunday. We say that God is Trinity—One God, three Persons....
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- May 27
- 3 min
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 and telling the disciples to...
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- May 20
- 3 min
Ascension Sunday (Ages 6-9): Not Another Death
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On Ascension Sunday, or the Feast of the Ascension, we celebrate the moment in...
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- May 13
- 3 min
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): The Spirit of Love
John 14.15-21 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday's Gospel continues the discussion from last week that Jesus has with his...
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- May 6
- 3 min
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Knowing The Way
John 14:1-12 (read verses 1-7 for the 6-9 year old) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The reading for this Sunday takes place at the...
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- Apr 29
- 3 min
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): Abundance
John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here it is, one of the best loved parables! Or, at least, here is one part of the...
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- Apr 21
- 4 min
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): We Recognize Truth
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,...
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- Apr 15
- 2 min
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 8
- 3 min
Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a very...
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- Apr 1
- 4 min
Passion Sunday (Ages 6-9): The Promise of Until
Matthew 26:17-35 (full reading: Matthew 26.14 - 27.66) (Adults, begin by reading aloud the portion of the Gospel provided here, unless...
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- Mar 25
- 3 min
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): The Voice That Calls To Life
John 11.3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (full reading: John 11.1-45) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the fifth...
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- Mar 17
- 3 min
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Gift First
John 9.1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 (full reading: John 9.1-41) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading for this Sunday, Jesus...
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- Mar 11
- 3 min
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Springs of Water, Gushing Up
John 4.5-15 (full reading: John 4.5-42) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On the third Sunday of Lent, we hear a conversation Jesus has...
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- Mar 3
- 3 min
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Making A Dwelling
Matthew 17.1-9 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for the second Sunday of Lent, Jesus takes three of his best friends,...
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- Feb 25
- 3 min
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Gathered Into Love
Matthew 4.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We have entered a new season in the church called Lent, a time of preparation for the...
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- Feb 18
- 2 min
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Giving To Those Who Need
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child.) Matthew 5.38-48 In the Gospel this Sunday,...
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- Feb 9
- 2 min
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Yes If Yes
(Adults, the Gospel reading is extremely long. For the 6-9 year olds, I am focusing on the first and last verses.) Matthew 5.17, 20-24,...
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- Feb 2
- 3 min
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Salt and Saltiness
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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- Jan 27
- 4 min
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): People of the Kingdom
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could simply read the...
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- Jan 20
- 4 min
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): They Have To Go See
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could simply read the...
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- Jan 13
- 3 min
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Making Our Home In Him
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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- Jan 5
- 4 min
Epiphany of the Lord (Ages 6-9): Is this Epiphany?
Matthew 2.1-12 The second Sunday of the Christmas season is called the Feast of the Epiphany. "Epiphany" means that God reveals—makes it...
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- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
Mary, Mother of God (Ages 6-9): Two Ways To Respond
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle before reading the reflection to your child. The quotations you could read directly from...
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- Dec 24, 2022
- 4 min
Christmas (Ages 6-9): For Us
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle before reading the Gospel to your child.) Luke 2.1-16 For so long, we waited and prepared....
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- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle before reading the Gospel to your child.) Matthew 1:18-24 Throughout the Bible, we discover...
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- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Rejoice!
(Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel to your child.) Matthew 11.2-11 This Sunday is called Gaudete Sunday. We light the third...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Making His Paths Straight
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection,...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): One...In the Likeness of God
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture passage.) Matthew 24.37-44 This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent is a time...
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- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
Christ The King (Ages 6-9): The King Remembers
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection,...
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- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): God With Us
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection,...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Death Will Be No More
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture passage to your child. Alternatively, read through the reflection, pausing for your...
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- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): "I Must Stay"
(Adults, you could begin by reading the scripture passage to your child. Alternatively, read the intro to the reflection, then the...
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- Oct 22, 2022
- 3 min
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Who Are Our Eyes On?
(Adults, after you have settled yourselves, you could begin by listening to the full scripture passage. Alternatively, you could read the...
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- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The One With the Power
(Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection, then...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 2 min
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Lord, Open My Lips
(Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection, then...
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