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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus performs a miracle. Usually, when Jesus...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

John 2.13-25 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem to celebrate the...

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...

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...

Mark 1.12-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On Wednesday, the church entered a new season called Lent, the time of...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The end of Advent—this time of preparing, this season of waiting—comes soon. For so...

Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection On the fourth Sunday of Advent, so close to the feast we wait to celebrate, we...

Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection At the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus asks the disciples two...

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....

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...

Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus ascending into heaven and telling the disciples to...

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...

John 14.15-21 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday we listened to Jesus remind the disciples that the Good Shepherd goes ahead...

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...

John 20:19-22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to...

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...

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...

(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...

(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...

(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...

(You could begin by reading the scripture passage. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word of God is meant to be heard.) Luke...

(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle before reading the reflection to your child. The quotations you could read directly from...

(You could begin by reading the scripture passage. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word of God is meant to be heard.) Luke...

(You could begin by reading the scripture passage. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word of God is meant to be heard.) Luke...