top of page

Reflections for 9-12 year olds


The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): Whose Feast Is This?
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. A feast...

thebetterpart
7 days ago3 min read
7 views
0 comments


Trinity Sunday (Ages 9-12): One Step At A Time
John 16.12-15  Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that all God desires is to gather us all together into God—for the Kingdom of...

thebetterpart
Jun 143 min read
9 views
0 comments


Pentecost Sunday (Ages 9-12): Each Of Us
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is Pentecost, when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit  to the...

thebetterpart
Jun 63 min read
6 views
0 comments


The Feast of the Ascension (Ages 9-12): Everything Must Be Fulfilled
Luke 24.44-53 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Soon we will reach the end of the forty-nine days of the Easter season and soon we...

thebetterpart
May 304 min read
5 views
0 comments


Sixth Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Spirit
John 14.23-29 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the sixth Sunday of Easter. The season of Easter continues...

thebetterpart
May 233 min read
15 views
0 comments


5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Glorify God
John 13.1,31-33a, 34-35 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Continuing to celebrate the Resurrection on this fifth Sunday of Easter, we...

thebetterpart
May 163 min read
13 views
0 comments


Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 9-12): Fall In Love
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. Many...

thebetterpart
May 83 min read
13 views
0 comments


3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Signs By The Sea
John 21.1-19 Â Listen to the Gospel and Reflection On this third Sunday of Easter we hear another Resurrection account from the Gospel of...

thebetterpart
May 26 min read
9 views
0 comments


2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): A New Creation of Community
John 20:19-31 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this second Sunday of Easter has two parts. It begins on the...

thebetterpart
Apr 244 min read
16 views
0 comments


Easter Sunday (Ages 9-12): Things Seen and Unseen
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For many of us, this is a favourite Gospel passage. However, the closer we look at it,...

thebetterpart
Apr 195 min read
7 views
0 comments


Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 9-12): Daughters of Jerusalem
Luke 23:26-56 Â Â (full reading: Luke 22.14 - 23.56 ) Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning...

thebetterpart
Apr 124 min read
11 views
0 comments


5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Misery Meets Mercy
John 8.1-11 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that sin makes us miserable. Sins are the choices we make—some that...

thebetterpart
Apr 24 min read
21 views
0 comments


4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Our Family
Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable that is a...

thebetterpart
Mar 296 min read
23 views
0 comments


3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Unless and Until
Luke 13:1-9 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday begins with someone telling Jesus about the...

thebetterpart
Mar 193 min read
18 views
0 comments


2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Connect the Dots
Luke 9.28b-36 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Every year, on the second Sunday of Lent, we hear about the...

thebetterpart
Mar 114 min read
20 views
0 comments


1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Prayer 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...

thebetterpart
Feb 284 min read
7 views
0 comments


8th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Treasure and Fruit
Luke 6:39-45 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection For the last few weeks, we heard our call to be prophets for God. God...

thebetterpart
Feb 284 min read
12 views
0 comments


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...

thebetterpart
Feb 224 min read
14 views
0 comments


6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Blessed Are You Prophets
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...

thebetterpart
Feb 144 min read
25 views
0 comments


5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Work Enough For All
Luke 5.1-11 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear about the moment when Simon Peter...

thebetterpart
Feb 84 min read
15 views
0 comments


Presentation of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Living the Law of the Lord
Luke 2.22-40 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is February 2nd, exactly forty days after Christmas Day. For...

thebetterpart
Jan 313 min read
15 views
0 comments


3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): To Proclaim and To Do
Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Although we listen each week to the Word of God, this Sunday we...

thebetterpart
Jan 254 min read
25 views
0 comments


2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Seventh Jar
John 2.1-12 Â Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The reading for this Sunday is called the Wedding at Cana. This...

thebetterpart
Jan 174 min read
16 views
0 comments


Baptism of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Soaking Up The Love
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Â Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n At the close of the Christmas season, we leave the secret...

thebetterpart
Jan 114 min read
14 views
0 comments


Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 9-12): God Leads Us
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany...

thebetterpart
Jan 35 min read
11 views
0 comments


Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 9-12): Taking Ownership
Luke 2.41-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The feast has arrived and has only just begun! For three Sundays, we celebrate...

thebetterpart
Dec 27, 20244 min read
18 views
0 comments


4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): At The Sound of Her Voice
Luke 1.39-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the fourth and last Sunday of Advent. Soon we will celebrate our...

thebetterpart
Dec 19, 20244 min read
29 views
0 comments


3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Gaudete!
Luke 3.10-18 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We call this Sunday " Gaudete Sunday." Gaudete is a Latin word that means...

thebetterpart
Dec 12, 20244 min read
28 views
0 comments


2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): The Work of God
Luke 3.1-6 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. As we prepare to celebrate God...

thebetterpart
Dec 6, 20243 min read
26 views
0 comments


1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): The Pervasion of God
Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent . In Advent  we prepare  for the...

thebetterpart
Nov 29, 20243 min read
24 views
0 comments


Christ the King (Ages 9-12): Mission as King
John 18.33b-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, the first Sunday of our year of...

thebetterpart
Nov 22, 20243 min read
22 views
0 comments


33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Lesson of the Fig Tree
Mark 13.24-32 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel reading for this Sunday is a difficult one. Jesus and his friends...

thebetterpart
Nov 14, 20244 min read
30 views
0 comments


32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): At the Temple
Mark 12.38-44 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends are at the Temple in...

thebetterpart
Nov 9, 20244 min read
48 views
0 comments


31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Simple, Perhaps
Mark 12.28-34 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, we find Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem. He...

thebetterpart
Nov 1, 20243 min read
35 views
0 comments


30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Living the Miracle
Mark 10.46-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Often, when we listen to the Bible, we hear about Jesus healing people. Jesus...

thebetterpart
Oct 25, 20244 min read
27 views
0 comments


29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Sharing In His Mission
Mark 10.35-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n As Jesus and the disciples walk the long journey to Jerusalem, the disciples...

thebetterpart
Oct 18, 20244 min read
56 views
0 comments


28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): God Alone
Mark 10.17-30 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, a man comes to Jesus with a question about...

thebetterpart
Oct 12, 20244 min read
25 views
0 comments


27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Treasure
Mark 10.2-16 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel for this Sunday seems to have two separate parts. The first concerns...

thebetterpart
Oct 4, 20245 min read
16 views
0 comments


26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Power of the Name
Mark 9.38-43, 45, 47-48 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, the apostle John comes to Jesus with a...

thebetterpart
Sep 27, 20245 min read
24 views
0 comments


25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Ask A Good Question
Mark 9.30-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his disciples travel alone. Usually,...

thebetterpart
Sep 21, 20244 min read
22 views
0 comments


24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Being
Mark 8:27-35 Â Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus spends much time traveling around Galilee and the region across the...

thebetterpart
Sep 13, 20245 min read
23 views
0 comments


23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Work of Prophets
Mark 7.31-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus and his friends spend much of their time traveling around Israel, mainly...

thebetterpart
Sep 7, 20245 min read
14 views
0 comments


22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Hearts That Desire Cleansing
Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus draws people to him. He makes people curious. Some people's...

thebetterpart
Aug 30, 20244 min read
26 views
0 comments


21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Something More
John 6.53 Â and 60-69 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we return once again in our thinking to the moment when...

thebetterpart
Aug 23, 20243 min read
23 views
0 comments


20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Never Will He Ever
John 6. 51-58 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the middle of the summer, we find ourselves still in the middle of the sixth...

thebetterpart
Aug 16, 20245 min read
17 views
0 comments


19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Covenant: Sign and Celebration
John 6.41-51 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For the last few weeks, we listened to chapter 6 of the Gospel of St. John. The...

thebetterpart
Aug 9, 20244 min read
23 views
0 comments


18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Satisfying Desire
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus satisfying the hunger of five thousand people. We...

thebetterpart
Aug 2, 20244 min read
19 views
0 comments


17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Counting The Signs
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading last week, Jesus has compassion on the crowd of people. He...

thebetterpart
Jul 26, 20245 min read
30 views
0 comments


16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prayer and Compassion
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out the twelve with only staff and sandals. He...

thebetterpart
Jul 19, 20244 min read
7 views
0 comments


15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Sandals and Staff
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Jesus get rejected by the people of Nazareth. We heard him...

thebetterpart
Jul 12, 20244 min read
21 views
0 comments
bottom of page