thebetterpart May 28 3 min Trinity Sunday (Ages 6-9): Sure of Love (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child, unless the child is a very fluent reader.) Matthew 28.16-20 For fifty days, we...
thebetterpart Apr 22 3 min Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): The Gift that Gathers John 10.11-18 (Adults, you could begin by reading the whole scripture passage to the child.) For many of us, the parable of the Good...
thebetterpart Mar 18 5 min 5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Jesus' Vision (If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 12.20-33 We have been in the season of Lent...
thebetterpart Mar 10 5 min 4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Time to Become (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 Dec 23, 2020 4 min Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 6-9): Ordinary and Extraordinary (Adults, you may want to use this reflection instead, written for the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple, Feb. 2nd, 2020.) Luke...
thebetterpart Nov 12, 2020 4 min 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Entrusted to Create (Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to the...
thebetterpart Oct 28, 2020 3 min Feast of All Saints (Ages 3-6): Poor in Spirit (Adults, you may have noticed that I keep converting "kingdom of heaven" to "kingdom of God." The phrase that is used in the Bible can be...
thebetterpart Oct 28, 2020 4 min Feast of All Saints (Ages 6-9): Emptying and Filling (Adults, you may have noticed that I keep converting "kingdom of heaven" to "kingdom of God." The phrase that is used in the Bible can be...
thebetterpart Sep 30, 2020 2 min 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Lord's Doing (Adults, I don't mind saying that it was EXTREMELY difficult for me to find in this Sunday's Gospel the face of God that the youngest...
thebetterpart Sep 30, 2020 4 min 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Fruit for Joy (A warning this week: the parable in the Gospel is a difficult one. Read it first, or ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to...
