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thebetterpart
Mar 18, 20213 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): A Grain of Wheat
(If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 12.20-33 (for the 3-6 yr old, simply verse 24)...
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thebetterpart
Mar 18, 20213 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Possibility of More
(If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 12.20-33 For many weeks of Lent we have been...
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thebetterpart
Mar 18, 20215 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Jesus' Vision
(If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 12.20-33 We have been in the season of Lent...
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thebetterpart
Mar 10, 20212 min read
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): God So Loves the World
(If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 3.14-21 (for the 3-6 yr old, just verse 16) In...
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thebetterpart
Mar 10, 20213 min read
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Filling Us With Eternal Life
(If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 3.14-21 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus...
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thebetterpart
Mar 10, 20215 min read
4th Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Time to Become
(If your parish is using the readings from year A, please click here for reflection.) John 3.14-21 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus...
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thebetterpart
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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...
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thebetterpart
Mar 4, 20214 min read
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): A Home for God
John 2.13-25 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, the most holy city in Israel, to celebrate the Passover meal, the...
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thebetterpart
Mar 4, 20215 min read
3rd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): A Two-part Cleansing
John 2.13-25 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Each year at the time of Jesus, the...
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thebetterpart
Feb 25, 20213 min read
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Dazzling Light
Mark 9.2-10 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and three of his closest friends go for a walk together. Jesus took with him Peter and...
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thebetterpart
Feb 25, 20213 min read
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): Holy Time
Mark 9.2-10 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus chooses three of his closest friends go for a walk with him into the wilderness, up a...
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thebetterpart
Feb 25, 20214 min read
2nd Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Hidden and Revealed
Mark 9.2-10 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus chooses three of his closest friends to come with him up a mountain. In the Bible,...
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thebetterpart
Feb 18, 20213 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): Wild with God
Mark 1.12-15 The Church has entered a new season. It is called Lent. Every time the Church season changes, the colour changes, too. You...
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thebetterpart
Feb 18, 20213 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 6-9): What Will We See?
Mark 1.12-15 We have entered a new season in the church called Lent, a time of preparation for the great feast of Easter. At Easter, we...
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thebetterpart
Feb 18, 20213 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Wilderness of Time
Mark 1.12-15 On Wednesday, the church entered a new season called Lent, the time of preparation for the great feast of Easter. At Easter,...
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thebetterpart
Feb 10, 20212 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Coming So Close
Mark 1.40-45 Right at the beginning of the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has something very wrong with his skin. The...
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thebetterpart
Feb 10, 20213 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Jesus Chooses
Mark 1.40-45 In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus meets a person who has leprosy. This means he has an awful skin condition that is very...
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thebetterpart
Feb 10, 20213 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Stretches Out His Hand
Mark 1.40-45 In the Gospel for this Sunday, a person who has leprosy comes to Jesus. The man is supposed to stay far away from other...
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thebetterpart
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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...
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thebetterpart
Feb 3, 20214 min read
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...
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thebetterpart
Feb 3, 20214 min read
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....
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thebetterpart
Jan 27, 20212 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): God Astounds Us
Mark 1.21-28 Last week we thought about the voice of the Good Shepherd. We know that it is good to follow the voice of Jesus. In the...
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thebetterpart
Jan 27, 20214 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): The Power to Act
(Adults, you could begin by reading the entire Gospel passage so that the child hears it once in its entirety before we think about the...
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thebetterpart
Jan 27, 20214 min read
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Shown, Not Told
(Begin by reading the Gospel. Sometimes it is good to have someone read it to you. It is good to hear the Word of God.) Mark 1.21-28 Last...
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