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3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Living Water
John 4.5-15 (full reading: John 4.5-42 ) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We have had two Sundays of Lent; now we come to the third one. On this Sunday, we hear about Jesus taking a break after walking from one town to another on a very hot day. We know what happens when we walk or work or play in the hot sun. We get tired and thirsty. We need rest and water. Does this happen to Jesus, too? So Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar... Jacob’s well was there, and Je
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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 as he takes a break from walking from town to town. His disciples have gone into a city to buy food. Meanwhile, Jesus waits by a well in the hot sun. He does not have a way to get the water that lies in the well. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” This is a strange thing for Jesus to do. It is
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Knowing That Can Only Come From God
John 1:29-34 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Once again, this Sunday, we hear about John the Baptist. We might remember that John the Baptist is a cousin to Jesus. Jesus' mother, Mary, and John the Baptist's mother, Elizabeth, are cousins (Luke 1:36). That means their children are cousins, too. In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and John the Baptist are both grown-up men. Jesus comes to John to get baptized. The next day, when John the Baptist sees Jesus again,
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Jan 153 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Making Our Home In Him
John 1:29-34 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n After weeks of preparing and celebrating the feast of the Light coming in the world, we now return to Ordinary Time. The church changes the colour to green. In many parts of the world, snow covers the ground; there is no green. When we finally see green poking though the snow and green beginning to cover the bare branches of trees, we know spring comes. Things grow. Ordinary Time is a good time for growing—growing in Go
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Jan 153 min read
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 17, 20253 min read
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Cannot Wait
Luke 12:49-53 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, this reflection considers simply the first verse of the Gospel reading,...
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Aug 13, 20252 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): We Know Truth
John 16.12-15 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Deep in our hearts, we all want to know God. How can we know? Jesus helps. He tells...
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Jun 14, 20252 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): All-In-All
John 16.12-15 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 14, 20252 min read
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...
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Jun 14, 20253 min read
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 3-6): Together
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is a new feast. We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit . We call this...
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Jun 6, 20253 min read
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 6, 20254 min read
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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Jun 6, 20253 min read
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Remind Us
John 14.23-29 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here we are, still celebrating the great feast of Easter! Because it is our greatest...
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May 23, 20253 min read
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Before and After
John 14.23-29 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 23, 20252 min read
Sixth Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Spirit
John 14.23-29 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we celebrate the sixth Sunday of Easter. The season of Easter continues...
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May 23, 20253 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Glorify God
John 13.1,31-33a, 34-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Continuing to celebrate the Resurrection on this fifth Sunday of Easter, we...
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May 16, 20253 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know
John 20:19- 22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that early in the morning, after Jesus rises...
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Apr 26, 20252 min read
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 24, 20252 min read
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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Apr 24, 20254 min read
Presentation of the Lord (Ages 3-6): Guided By The Spirit
Luke 2.22-40 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n For three Sundays now, we listened to Gospel accounts of Jesus' life as a...
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Jan 31, 20253 min read
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 31, 20254 min read
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...
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Jan 31, 20253 min read
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Word of God
Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n We call thi s Sunday, "The Sunday of the Word of God." We pay...
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Jan 25, 20253 min read
Baptism of the Lord (Ages 3-6): Let God Love
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n S till we celebrate the feast of Christmas! This is the...
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Jan 11, 20253 min read
Baptism of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Soaking Up The Love
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n At the close of the Christmas season, we leave the secret...
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Jan 11, 20254 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Knowing and Joy
Luke 1.39-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the 4th Sunday of Advent. We light all four candles on the Advent...
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Dec 19, 20243 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): She Says Yes
Luke 1.39-45 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
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): At The Sound of Her Voice
Luke 1.39-45 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the fourth and last Sunday of Advent. Soon we will celebrate our...
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Dec 19, 20244 min read
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
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...
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Nov 29, 20243 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Ask A Good Question
Mark 9.30-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his disciples travel alone. Usually,...
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Sep 21, 20244 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Gift of Awe
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, it is almost night time. It has been a long day for...
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Jun 21, 20243 min read
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 21, 20244 min read
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 3-6): Together
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is a new feast. We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. We call this...
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May 17, 20243 min read
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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May 17, 20244 min read
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 17, 20243 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): That Same Love
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus continues the parable of the True Vine. Last week,...
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May 3, 20242 min read
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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May 3, 20243 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know
John 20:19-22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that early in the morning, after Jesus rises from...
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Apr 5, 20242 min read
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 5, 20242 min read
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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Apr 5, 20244 min read
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): A Home For God
John 2.13-25 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, the most holy city in...
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Mar 1, 20244 min read
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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Mar 1, 20244 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Wild With God
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Church has entered a new season called Lent. Every time the Church season...
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Feb 17, 20243 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): What Will We See?
Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have entered a new season in the church called Lent, a time of preparation for...
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Feb 17, 20243 min read
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 17, 20243 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Astounds Us
Mark 1.21-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we thought about the voice of the Good Shepherd. We know that it is good...
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Jan 26, 20242 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Where Are You Staying?
John 1.35-42 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, the Gospel took place in Bethlehem when Jesus is just a little baby....
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Jan 13, 20243 min read
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 3-6): Revealing Jesus
Luke 2.22-33, 36-40 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For so long we prepared for the feast of Christmas, for the...
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Dec 29, 20233 min read
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 29, 20234 min read
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