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The Better Part Podcast
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thebetterpart
Dec 21, 20191 min read
From the Holy Spirit
Matthew 1:18-24 4th Sunday of Advent, Year A 3-6 year olds "the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit" In this Sunday's Gospel,...
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thebetterpart
Dec 13, 20192 min read
The Least in the Kingdom
Matthew 11.2-11 3rd Sunday of Advent, Year A 3-6 year olds The very last thing Jesus says in the Gospel for this Sunday seems a little...
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thebetterpart
Dec 7, 20192 min read
The Hidden Kingdom
Matthew 3.1-12 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A 3-6 year olds In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea,...
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thebetterpart
Nov 30, 20192 min read
Come, Lord Jesus!
Matthew 24.37-44 1st Sunday of Advent, Year A 3-6 year olds Today is the beginning of a new season in the Church. Each time the season...
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thebetterpart
Nov 22, 20192 min read
Jesus is king!
Luke 23.35-43 The Feast of Christ the King, Year C 3-6 year olds (Parents and catechists, in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd with 3-6...
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thebetterpart
Nov 15, 20193 min read
The Best Gift to God
Luke 21.5-19 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 3-6 year olds (Adults, this Gospel speaks of end-times and the cost of...
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thebetterpart
Nov 9, 20191 min read
Children of the Resurrection
Luke 20:27-38 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 3-6 year olds This Sunday, we hear some people come to Jesus, trying to confuse him....
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thebetterpart
Nov 1, 20193 min read
Seeing Jesus
Luke 19:1-10 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he...
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thebetterpart
Oct 25, 20191 min read
Making ourselves small before God
Luke 18.9-14 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In the Gospel this Sunday, we hear Jesus talking about people praying. One of the...
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thebetterpart
Oct 19, 20191 min read
Pray constantly?
Luke 18:1-8 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (Parents: petitionary prayer is not natural to the 3-6 year old. Their prayer is...
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thebetterpart
Oct 10, 20191 min read
Praise God!
Luke 17.11-19 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C In the Gospel today, we hear about 10 people who are sick who ask Jesus for a gift....
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thebetterpart
Oct 5, 20192 min read
Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed
Luke 17.5-10 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C If you had faith the size of a mustard seed... What is faith? Faith is being certain of...
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thebetterpart
Sep 28, 20192 min read
A man who lost his name
Luke 16.19-31 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (Parents, the parable in the Gospel for this Sunday does not have much to say to 3-6...
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thebetterpart
Sep 21, 20192 min read
Faithful in the Very Little
Luke 16:1-13 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Today's Gospel reading is very long, but when I read it, one line seemed to...
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thebetterpart
Sep 13, 20191 min read
The Found Sheep
Luke 15:3-6 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C We know that the Good Shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. We know...
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thebetterpart
Sep 6, 20192 min read
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Wisdom 9.13-18 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C (Luke 14:25-33 Parents, the Gospel for this Sunday deals with the cost of...
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thebetterpart
Aug 31, 20192 min read
Sitting with Jesus at the Table
Luke 14:1, 7-14 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C When I was growing up, whenever our family had large gatherings of people over for...
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thebetterpart
Aug 24, 20191 min read
Where do you come from? Who do you belong to?
Luke 13.22-30 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Today we hear Jesus tell about a person who says, "I do not know where you come from."...
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thebetterpart
Aug 14, 20191 min read
So much JOY!
Luke 1:39-56 Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary #assumptionofmary Today we hear about Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth was...
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