thebetterpart Apr 15 4 min 3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Our Redeemer Lives Luke 24.35-48 Last week we heard St. John's account of the Risen Jesus appearing to the disciples who were hiding behind locked doors for...
thebetterpart Mar 10 3 min 4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Filling Us With Eternal Life (If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 3.14-21 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus...
thebetterpart Mar 4 5 min 3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): A Two-part Cleansing John 2.13-25 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Each year at the time of Jesus, the...
thebetterpart Feb 10 3 min 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Jesus Chooses Mark 1.40-45 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has leprosy. This means he has an awful skin condition that is very...
thebetterpart Jan 28 4 min 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Power to Act (Adults, you could begin by reading the entire Gospel passage so that the child hears it once in its entirety before we think about the...
thebetterpart Dec 3, 2020 4 min 2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Straight to Us (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to the...
thebetterpart Dec 3, 2020 4 min 2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Encounter in the Wilderness (Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. It is good to hear the Word of God.) Mark 1.1-8 Each...
thebetterpart Nov 18, 2020 3 min Feast of Christ the King (Ages 9-12): Sheep and Goats (Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. It is good to hear the Word of God.) Matthew 25.31-46...
thebetterpart Oct 7, 2020 5 min 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Kingdom Clothing (Another warning this week! The parable in the Gospel is another difficult one. Read it through first, or ask someone to read it to you....
thebetterpart Sep 23, 2020 4 min 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-11): The Author of Our Actions (Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 21.28-32 Often...
