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Jan 5, 20244 min read
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 6-9): Is This Epiphany?
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We call the second Sunday of the Christmas season the Feast of the...
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Dec 29, 20234 min read
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 6-9): Ordinary and Extraordinary
Luke 2.22-40 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflection After a long Advent, the feast of Christmas has finally arrived! We...
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Dec 22, 20233 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Wait No Longer
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...
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Dec 15, 20233 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Testament For Joy
John 1.6-8, 19-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday we get to light the pink candle on the Advent wreath. The pink...
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Dec 9, 20233 min read
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): Straight to Us
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The reading for this Sunday comes from the very beginning of the Gospel of St. Mark....
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Dec 1, 20233 min read
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 6-9): In The Master's Home
Mark 13.33-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. In Advent we prepare for the feast of...
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Nov 24, 20233 min read
Feast of Christ the King (Ages 6-9): Helping the Least. Serving the King.
Matthew 25.31-46 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus tells a rather unusual parable about the...
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Nov 18, 20234 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Entrusted to Create
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us another parable. He knows...
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Nov 10, 20233 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Light For The Banquet
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, we can think of the 6-9 year old as in a time of KNOWING—KNOWING who...
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Nov 4, 20233 min read
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Exalted
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For a few weeks now, we have heard about the Pharisees. Some of the Pharisees...
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Oct 27, 20233 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Heart, Mind, and Soul
Matthew 22.34-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the Pharisees come to Jesus and ask, “Teacher,...
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Oct 20, 20234 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): All Glory and Honour
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection For the last few Sundays, our Gospel readings have been about Jesus in...
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Oct 13, 20233 min read
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Who Would Not Come?
Matthew 22.1-14 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, here we are again with a difficult parable! For the 6-9 year old, who...
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Oct 6, 20234 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Plan of the Landowner
Matthew 21.33-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the parable in this Sunday's Gospel is upsetting, to be followed by an...
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Sep 29, 20233 min read
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Saying And Doing The Will
Matthew 21.28-32 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday we hear people coming to challenge Jesus' authority....
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Sep 22, 20233 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Everyone Is Needed
Matthew 20.1-16 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells his disciples a new parable. We...
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Sep 15, 20233 min read
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Perfecty-Perfect
Matthew 18.21-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel reading this week includes both a maxim (vv. 21-22) of...
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Sep 8, 20234 min read
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Problem Solving
Matthew 18.15-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his disciples head towards Jerusalem,...
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Sep 1, 20233 min read
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Peter's Choice
Matthew 16.21-27 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Peter say boldly that Jesus is the Messiah, the One...
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Aug 25, 20233 min read
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Given to Peter, Given to Us
Matthew 16.13-20 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday occurs after the disciples travel with Jesus for...
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