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1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Listening Only To The Voice of God
Matthew 4.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We will notice at church this week that the colour has changed! Instead of green, the...
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Feb 25, 20232 min read
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1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Gathered Into Love
Matthew 4.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We have entered a new season in the church called Lent, a time of preparation for the...
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Feb 25, 20233 min read
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1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): The Way of God
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 4.1-11 Listen...
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Feb 25, 20234 min read
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): How The Good Shepherd Loves
(Adults, the Gospel reading this week is again a moral exhortation: to love as God loves. For the 3-6 year old, for whom "loving "is...
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Feb 18, 20232 min read
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Giving To Those Who Need
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child.) Matthew 5.38-48 In the Gospel this Sunday,...
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Feb 18, 20232 min read
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Be Perfect?
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 5.38-48 In the Gospel...
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Feb 18, 20233 min read
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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Voice of the Good Shepherd
(Adults, the Gospel reading this week speaks about how to live righteously. 3-6 year olds are at a stage of enjoying the gift of...
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Feb 9, 20232 min read
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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Yes If Yes
(Adults, the Gospel reading is extremely long. For the 6-9 year olds, I am focusing on the first and last verses.) Matthew 5.17, 20-24,...
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Feb 9, 20232 min read
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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Fullness of the Law
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 5.17, 20-24, 27-28,...
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Feb 9, 20234 min read
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Light of the World
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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Feb 2, 20232 min read
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Salt and Saltiness
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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Feb 2, 20233 min read
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): A City Built On A Hill
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 5:13-16 In the Gospel...
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Feb 2, 20233 min read
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4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Are The Poor In Spirit?
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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Jan 27, 20232 min read
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4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): People of the Kingdom
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could simply read the...
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Jan 27, 20234 min read
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4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Eighth Day
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 5:1-12 The most...
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Jan 27, 20235 min read
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Why Do They Follow?
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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Jan 20, 20232 min read
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): They Have To Go See
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could simply read the...
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Jan 20, 20234 min read
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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The People Who—?—In Darkness
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) Matthew 4:12-23 The Gospel this...
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Jan 20, 20233 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Knowing That Can Only Come From God
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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Jan 13, 20233 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Making Our Home In Him
(Adults, you could begin by lighting a candle and reading the Word of God to your child. Alternatively, you could read the first...
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Jan 13, 20233 min read
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Lamb of God
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Better yet, ask someone to read it to you. The Word is meant to be heard.) John 1:29-34 After weeks of...
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Jan 13, 20233 min read
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Epiphany of the Lord (Ages 3-6): What do they know?
Matthew 2.1-12 Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Not yet! Still we celebrate our joy! We know that when Jesus is...
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Jan 5, 20233 min read
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Epiphany of the Lord (Ages 6-9): Is this Epiphany?
Matthew 2.1-12 The second Sunday of the Christmas season is called the Feast of the Epiphany. "Epiphany" means that God reveals—makes it...
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Jan 5, 20234 min read
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Epiphany of the Lord (Ages 9-12): God Leads Us
Matthew 2.1-12 This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany refers to a moment when God makes God's very self known in...
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Jan 5, 20235 min read
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