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Mark 1.14-20 Last week we heard about people beginning to follow Jesus. We learned that a disciple is a person who follows someone. In...

Mark 1.14-20 Last week we heard St. John's account of how Andrew and Simon Peter become disciples of Jesus. This week we hear St. Mark's...

Mark 1.14-20 Pope Francis has declared this Sunday 'the Sunday of the Word of God.' When we compare the Gospel last week to the Gospel...

John 1.35-42 Last week, we heard about John the Baptist baptizing Jesus in the River Jordan. At the beginning of the Gospel for this...

John 1.35-42 Last week, the Gospel took place by the Jordan River at Jesus' baptism. The Gospel for this Sunday takes place the very next...

(Begin by reading the Gospel or have someone read it to you. This way the Word will speak to you first before we think about it...

Mark 1.7-11 We are still celebrating the feast of Christmas! This is the last of the 3 Sundays celebrating the light coming into the...

Mark 1.7-11 We are coming to the end of the Christmas season, but we are still celebrating! Most people think Christmas ends on December...

Mark 1.7-11 At the close of the Christmas season, we leave the secret years of Jesus' childhood behind and join the grown-up Jesus in the...

Matthew 2.1-12 Most people in our world think that Christmas is over. Oh dear, they are so wrong! We spent many weeks preparing for the...

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...

Matthew 2.1-12 This Sunday is the second Sunday of the Christmas season when we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany refers to a...

(Adults, when reading this to the child, omit verses 34 and 35, the verses in red parentheses. Also, you may want to use this reflection...

(Adults, you may want to use this reflection instead, written for the Feast of the Presentation in the Temple, Feb. 2nd, 2020.) Luke...

(You might choose to use this reflection instead, written about the same scripture passage, for the Feast of the Presentation in the...

Luke 1.26-38 We are coming close to the end of Advent, this time of preparing, this season of waiting. For so many years, people waited...

Luke 1.26-38 On the fourth Sunday of Advent, so close to the feast we are waiting to celebrate, we listen to the Gospel that marks the...

(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.) Luke 1.26-38 As...

John 1.6-8, 19-28 Have you been waiting to light the pink candle on the Advent wreath? This Sunday we get to light it! The pink candle...

(Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to the...

(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.) John 1.6-8, 19-28...

Mark 1.1-8 We are in the season of Advent, the time when we prepare for the feast of Christmas, the feast of the Light coming into the...

(Adults, begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you could read the first paragraph of the reflection to the...

(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 1.1-8 Each...