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May 102 min read

Ascension (Ages 3-6): We Want To Know

Mark 16.15-20 (for the youngest child, just verses 19-20) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the seventh Sunday of the...

Ascension (Ages 6-9): Signs of the Kingdom

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May 103 min read

Ascension (Ages 6-9): Signs of the Kingdom

Mark 16.15-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is the last Sunday of the Easter season. We know that for forty days...

Ascension of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Signs of the Spirit

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May 103 min read

Ascension of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Signs of the Spirit

Mark 16.15-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Soon we will reach the end of the forty-nine days of the Easter season and will...

6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Living in Joy

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May 32 min read

6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Living in Joy

John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We keep thinking about what Jesus says about himself. Jesus says he is the Good Shepherd...

6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): That Same Love

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May 32 min read

6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): That Same Love

John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus continues the parable of the True Vine. Last week,...

6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Kingdom

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May 33 min read

6th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Fruit of the Kingdom

John 15.9-17 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday picks up where it ended last Sunday. Jesus continues the...

5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family

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Apr 262 min read

5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Jesus' Family

John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus sounds like he plays a game with us. I am the vine,...

5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Meno in Me

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Apr 263 min read

5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Meno in Me

John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear Jesus tell part of the parable of the True Vine....

5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Joy in the Vine

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Apr 265 min read

5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Joy in the Vine

John 15.1-8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard part of the parable of the Good Shepherd. This week we hear part of...

Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): Knows and Loves

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Apr 192 min read

Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): Knows and Loves

John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection When we listen to the Bible, we hear about people following Jesus. Some of these people...

Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): The Gift That Gathers

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Apr 193 min read

Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): The Gift That Gathers

John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For many of us, the parable of the Good Shepherd is one of our favourites. When the...

Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 9-12): Laying Down

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Apr 193 min read

Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 9-12): Laying Down

John 10.11-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For three weeks we have heard about the Risen Jesus appearing to his disciples. Over...

3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Real Peace

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Apr 123 min read

3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Real Peace

Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Jesus died on the cross, but now he is Risen to new life never to die again. This is...

3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Heaven and Earth Meet

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Apr 124 min read

3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Heaven and Earth Meet

Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Easter is not just one day, but a whole season—seven Sundays long! We have...

3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Our Redeemer Lives

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Apr 124 min read

3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): Our Redeemer Lives

Luke 24.35-48 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week we heard St. John's account of the Risen Jesus appearing to the disciples who...

2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know

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Apr 52 min read

2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Be Still and Know

John 20:19-22 (full reading John 20:19-31) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that early in the morning, after Jesus rises from...

2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Contagious

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Apr 52 min read

2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 6-9): Contagious

John 20:19-23 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday actually begins on the evening of the day that Jesus rises...

2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): A New Creation of Community

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Apr 54 min read

2nd Sunday of Easter (Ages 9-12): A New Creation of Community

John 20:19-31 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this second Sunday of Easter has two parts. It begins on the...

Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know

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Mar 303 min read

Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know

John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus died on the cross and now he is Risen to new life, never to die...

Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding

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Mar 303 min read

Easter Sunday (Ages 6-9): Truth and Understanding

John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that when Jesus is born, a new moment begins in the History of the Kingdom of...

Easter Sunday (Ages 9-12): Things Seen and Unseen

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Mar 305 min read

Easter Sunday (Ages 9-12): Things Seen and Unseen

John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection For many of us, this is a favourite Gospel passage. However, the closer we look at it,...

Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 3-6): The Whole Treasure

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Mar 233 min read

Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 3-6): The Whole Treasure

Mark 14.12-17, 22-24, 26 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) (Adults, the VERY abbreviated reading is for the 3-6 year old. The full...

Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 6-9): Come Down!

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Mar 233 min read

Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 6-9): Come Down!

Mark 15.25-39 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week...

Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 9-12): Beforehand, the Good News

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Mar 234 min read

Passion (Palm) Sunday (Ages 9-12): Beforehand, the Good News

Mark 14.1-9 (full reading: Mark 14.1 - 15.47) Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week when,...

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