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...
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Reflections for 9-12 year olds
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- Sep 7
- 5 min
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...
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- Aug 30
- 4 min
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...
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- Aug 23
- 3 min
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...
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- Aug 16
- 5 min
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...
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- Aug 9
- 4 min
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...
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- Aug 2
- 4 min
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...
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- Jul 26
- 5 min
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...
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- Jul 19
- 4 min
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...
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- Jul 12
- 4 min
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...
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- Jul 5
- 5 min
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prophet Like Him
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection After several Sundays of hearing Jesus teach and travel around Israel, this Sunday we...
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- Jun 28
- 5 min
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Using Our Faith
Mark 5.21-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday the Gospel recounts two miracles of healing, one account sandwiched...
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- Jun 21
- 4 min
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Fear of the LORD
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus performs a miracle. Usually, when Jesus...
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- Jun 15
- 5 min
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Blastano!
Mark 4.26-34 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this week, Jesus tells two Kingdom of God parables, both about seeds....
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- Jun 8
- 4 min
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Multiplication
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday is a sort of sandwich. St. Mark begins by talking about...
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- Jun 1
- 4 min
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): Celebrating the Covenant
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this Sunday returns us to the account of the Last Supper...
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- May 25
- 4 min
Trinity Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Great Gathering-In
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We spent fifty days celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus, his Ascension into...
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- May 17
- 3 min
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...
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- May 10
- 3 min
Ascension of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Signs of the Spirit
Mark 16.15-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Soon we will reach the end of the forty-nine days of the Easter season and will...
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- May 3
- 3 min
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Kingdom
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday picks up where it ended last Sunday. Jesus continues the...
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- Apr 26
- 5 min
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Joy in the Vine
John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard part of the parable of the Good Shepherd. This week we hear part of...
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- Apr 19
- 3 min
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 9-12): Laying Down
John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For three weeks we have heard about the Risen Jesus appearing to his disciples. Over...
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- Apr 12
- 4 min
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Our Redeemer Lives
Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard St. John's account of the Risen Jesus appearing to the disciples who...
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- Apr 5
- 4 min
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...
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- Mar 30
- 5 min
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,...
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- Mar 23
- 4 min
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 9-12): Beforehand, the Good News
Mark 14.1-9 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week when,...
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- Mar 15
- 5 min
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Jesus' Vision
John 12.20-33 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The season of Lent can seem very long. We look forward to the celebration of...
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- Mar 9
- 5 min
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Time To Become
John 3.14-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus speaks to a man named Nicodemus. Nicodemus is...
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- Mar 1
- 4 min
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): A Two-Part Cleansing
John 2.13-25 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem to celebrate the...
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- Feb 23
- 4 min
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Hidden and Revealed
Mark 9.2-10 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus chooses three of his closest friends to come...
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- Feb 17
- 3 min
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Wilderness of Time
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On Wednesday, the church entered a new season called Lent, the time of...
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- Feb 9
- 3 min
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Stretches Out His Hand
Mark 1.40-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, a person who has leprosy comes to Jesus. The man...
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- Feb 3
- 4 min
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Intimate
Mark 1.29-39 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus ordering an unclean spirit out of a man at the...
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- Jan 26
- 4 min
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Show, Not Tell
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we thought about the Kingdom of God happening in this very moment, and...
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- Jan 20
- 3 min
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Kairos
Mark 1.14-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Pope Francis has declared this Sunday, 'the Sunday of the Word of God.' When we...
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- Jan 13
- 5 min
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Who Chooses Disciples?
John 1.35-42 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this week takes place the day after Jesus gets baptized. This is St....
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- Jan 5
- 5 min
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 9-12): God Leads Us
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany refers...
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- Dec 29, 2023
- 4 min
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 9-12): The Holy Family of God
Luke 2.22-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On this first Sunday of the Christmas season, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy...
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- Dec 22, 2023
- 3 min
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Life Under Impossible Circumstances
Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection As we draw so close to the feast we wait to celebrate, we listen to the account of...
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- Dec 15, 2023
- 3 min
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Confessing The Truth
John 1.6-8, 19-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We call the third Sunday of Advent "Gaudete Sunday." Gaudete means "Rejoice!"...
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- Dec 9, 2023
- 4 min
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Encounter in the Wilderness
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Each year on the second Sunday of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the birth of...
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- Dec 1, 2023
- 3 min
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): The Time of the Kingdom
Mark 13.33-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. In Advent we prepare for the feast of...
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- Nov 24, 2023
- 3 min
Feast of Christ the King (Ages 9-12): Sheep and Goats
Matthew 25.31-46 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable about the Kingdom of God that...
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- Nov 18, 2023
- 6 min
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Into the Heart of God
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us another parable. It is...
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- Nov 10, 2023
- 4 min
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Taking The Time
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In another parable this Sunday, Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God is like...
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- Nov 4, 2023
- 4 min
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): How To Love Our Neighbours As Ourselves
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week in the Gospel, we heard Jesus name the two greatest commandments in...
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- Oct 27, 2023
- 3 min
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): You Shall
Matthew 22.34-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, some Pharisees come once again to test Jesus. They...
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- Oct 20, 2023
- 5 min
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Offering Ourselves
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Often in the Gospel readings we hear about Pharisees. Many of them are good and...
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- Oct 13, 2023
- 5 min
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Kingdom Clothing
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Another warning this week! The parable in the Gospel is another difficult one....
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- Oct 6, 2023
- 4 min
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Fruit For Joy
Matthew 21.33-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (A warning this week: the parable in the Gospel is a difficult one. Read it...
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