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Reflections for 3-6 year olds


thebetterpart
Feb 282 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Bread and the Lord
Luke 4.1-13 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The church enters a new season, so the colour changes! Instead of green,...
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thebetterpart
Feb 282 min read
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Best
Luke 6:39-45 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us some parables. We know...
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thebetterpart
Feb 282 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Bread and the Lord
Luke 4.1-13 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The church enters a new season, so the colour changes! Instead of green,...
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thebetterpart
Feb 222 min read
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Mercy Overflows
Luke 6:27-38 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday contains many instructions for how...
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thebetterpart
Feb 143 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Looks Up
Luke 6:17, 20-26 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday begins with Jesus coming down from a...
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thebetterpart
Feb 83 min read
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Abundance
Luke 5.1-11 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Often when we listen to the Word of God we hear about people who follow...
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thebetterpart
Jan 313 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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thebetterpart
Jan 253 min read
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Word of God
Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21 Â 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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thebetterpart
Jan 173 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Listen To His Voice
John 2.1-12  Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that when two people love  each other very much, they get...
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thebetterpart
Jan 113 min read
Baptism of the Lord (Ages 3-6): Let God Love
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Â 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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thebetterpart
Jan 33 min read
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 3-6): What Do They Know?
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet!...
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thebetterpart
Dec 27, 20243 min read
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 3-6): God's Home
Luke 2.41-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Now we celebrate! Now we feast! Jesus, the Light, enters our world as a tiny...
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thebetterpart
Dec 19, 20243 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Knowing and Joy
Luke 1.39-45 Â 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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thebetterpart
Dec 12, 20243 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Our Joy
Luke 3.10-18 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, in the Gospel for this Sunday the people ask John what they must do to...
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thebetterpart
Dec 6, 20242 min read
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): The One With Salvation
Luke 3.1-6 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. We remember that in Advent we prepare...
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thebetterpart
Nov 29, 20242 min read
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Preparing to Know Him
Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 Â (full reading) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday involves images that...
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thebetterpart
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Christ the King (Ages 3-6): Belonging to the King
John 18.33b-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is a special feast in the Church. We call it the feast of Christ...
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thebetterpart
Nov 14, 20242 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Proper Order
Mark 13.24-32 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends sit on the Mount of...
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thebetterpart
Nov 9, 20242 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Everything
Mark 12.41-44 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends are at the Temple in...
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thebetterpart
Oct 25, 20243 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Mercy to Give
Mark 10.46-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Wherever Jesus and his friends go, people follow. They want to see Jesus. They...
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thebetterpart
Oct 18, 20243 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Shares
Mark 10.35-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his twelve friends continue to walk to...
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thebetterpart
Oct 12, 20243 min read
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Treasure
Mark 10.17-30 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Everywhere Jesus goes, people come to him. He makes them want to know more...
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thebetterpart
Oct 4, 20243 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Important
Mark 10.2-16 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n When we listen to the Word of God, we hear about people coming to see Jesus....
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thebetterpart
Sep 21, 20243 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Welcoming Children
Mark 9.30-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, the disciples start to fight! They are like...
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thebetterpart
Sep 13, 20242 min read
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Anointed One
Mark 8:27-35 Â Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that people always feel curious about Jesus. They gather around him to...
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thebetterpart
Sep 7, 20243 min read
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Ephphatha
Mark 7.31-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus has begun to travel again. Wherever he...
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thebetterpart
Aug 30, 20242 min read
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Holy Hands
Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that when Jesus talks, people gather around to listen to...
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thebetterpart
Aug 23, 20243 min read
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Best Food
John 6.53 Â and 60-69 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We know that Jesus, the Good Shepherd, feeds his sheep. We know that...
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thebetterpart
Aug 16, 20243 min read
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): He Likes It That Way
John 6. 51-58 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Last week, we heard Jesus, the Good Shepherd, tell us again that he is the...
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thebetterpart
Aug 9, 20242 min read
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Bread That Is Holy
John 6.48-51 Â (abbreviated) [ John 6.41-51 Â (full)] Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Last week we heard Jesus say, "I AM the...
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thebetterpart
Aug 2, 20243 min read
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Gives
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard Jesus make a great crowd of people sit down so that he could...
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thebetterpart
Jul 26, 20243 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): He Always Feeds His Sheep
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard about Jesus teaching the great crowd of people who need a...
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thebetterpart
Jul 19, 20243 min read
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Everything They Need
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out his friends—his apostles—to do marvellous...
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thebetterpart
Jul 12, 20243 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Share and Send
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Often, when we listen to the Gospel, we hear about Jesus doing marvellous things....
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thebetterpart
Jul 5, 20243 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Ordinary and More
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the reflection this week is open-ended and invites the children into some...
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thebetterpart
Jun 28, 20243 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Little Lamb, Arise!
Mark 5.21-24, 35-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, when Jesus and his friends return from their...
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thebetterpart
Jun 21, 20243 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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thebetterpart
Jun 15, 20243 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Marvellous Growth
Mark 4.26-34 Â (focusing on verses 30-32) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the gospel reading this Sunday, Jesus tells us a...
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thebetterpart
Jun 8, 20243 min read
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus returns home after spending a long time with...
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thebetterpart
Jun 1, 20243 min read
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): Those Special Words
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we listen again to the account of the Last...
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thebetterpart
May 25, 20242 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 3-6): How Can We Remember?
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Now, after so much celebrating, the great feast of Easter passes. For so long, we...
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thebetterpart
May 17, 20243 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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thebetterpart
May 10, 20242 min read
Ascension (Ages 3-6): We Want To Know
Mark 16.15-20Â (for the youngest child, just verses 19-20) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the seventh Sunday of the...
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thebetterpart
May 3, 20242 min read
6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Living in Joy
John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We keep thinking about what Jesus says about himself. Jesus says he is the Good Shepherd...
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thebetterpart
Apr 26, 20242 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family
John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus sounds like he plays a game with us. I am the vine,...
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thebetterpart
Apr 19, 20242 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): Knows and Loves
John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection When we listen to the Bible, we hear about people following Jesus. Some of these people...
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thebetterpart
Apr 12, 20243 min read
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Real Peace
Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus died on the cross, but now he is Risen to new life never to die again. This is...
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thebetterpart
Apr 5, 20242 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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thebetterpart
Mar 30, 20243 min read
Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus died on the cross and now he is Risen to new life, never to die...
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thebetterpart
Mar 23, 20243 min read
Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 3-6): The Whole Treasure
Mark 14.12-17, 22-24, 26 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...
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