thebetterpart Jul 15 4 min 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prayer and Compassion (Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Mark 6.30-34 Last...
thebetterpart Mar 4 2 min 3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): A Place Set Apart John 2.13-25 (for the 3-6 yr old, just verses 13-16) In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, to celebrate the Passover...
thebetterpart Feb 3 2 min 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Private Time With God Mark 1.29-39 Last week, we heard about Jesus at the synagogue on the Sabbath, the holy day of the week for the Jewish people. The Gospel...
thebetterpart Feb 3 4 min 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Seeking or Hunting? Mark 1.29-39 Last week, we heard about Jesus at the synagogue in Capernaum on the Sabbath day. His disciples, Simon and Andrew, James and...
thebetterpart Feb 3 4 min 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Intimate Mark 1.29-39 Last week, we heard about Jesus ordering an unclean spirit out of a man at the synagogue in Capernaum on the Sabbath day....
thebetterpart Dec 23, 2020 4 min Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 9-12): The Holy Family of God (You might choose to use this reflection instead, written about the same scripture passage, for the Feast of the Presentation in the...
thebetterpart Oct 15, 2020 3 min 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Praise God! (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to...
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 16, 2020 3 min 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who is this Landowner? (Adults, the Gospel reading this week is a parable that I would not choose to share with 3-6 year olds who are not concerned with labour...
thebetterpart Sep 9, 2020 2 min 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Perfect and Even More than Perfect (Adults, the Gospel reading this week is about mercy and forgiveness, both incommensurable gifts from God. The young child, not yet at...
