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Dec 22, 20233 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Yes, Lord!
Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The end of Advent—this time of preparing, this season of waiting—comes soon. For so...
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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 22, 20233 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Life Under Impossible Circumstances
Luke 1.26-38 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection As we draw so close to the feast we wait to celebrate, we listen to the account of...
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Dec 15, 20232 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): What Then?
John 1.6-8, 19-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We have been waiting to light the pink candle on the Advent wreath. This...
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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 15, 20233 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Confessing The Truth
John 1.6-8, 19-28 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We call the third Sunday of Advent "Gaudete Sunday." Gaudete means "Rejoice!"...
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Dec 9, 20232 min read
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Good News!
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We are in the season of Advent, the time when we prepare for the feast of...
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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 9, 20234 min read
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Encounter in the Wilderness
Mark 1.1-8 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Each year on the second Sunday of Advent, as we prepare to celebrate the birth of...
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Dec 1, 20233 min read
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 3-6): Jesus the Light
Mark 13.33-37 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday begins a new season in the Church. Each season has its own special...
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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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Dec 1, 20233 min read
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): The Time of the Kingdom
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 3-6): The Shepherd Who Is King
Matthew 25.31-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, this reflection attempts to help the child answer the question "Who...
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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 24, 20233 min read
Feast of Christ the King (Ages 9-12): Sheep and Goats
Matthew 25.31-46 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus tells a parable about the Kingdom of God that...
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Nov 18, 20232 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Into the Joy
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-15,19-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells another parable. We...
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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 18, 20236 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Into the Heart of God
Matthew 24.36; 25.14-30 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells us another parable. It is...
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Nov 10, 20233 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Chosen For Light
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, we can think of the 3-6 year old as in a time of BEING. BEING in love...
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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 10, 20234 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Taking The Time
Matthew 25.1-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In another parable this Sunday, Jesus reminds us that the Kingdom of God is like...
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Nov 4, 20232 min read
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Can Tell Them?
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Everywhere Jesus goes, people come to listen to him. He makes them curious. They...
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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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Nov 4, 20234 min read
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): How To Love Our Neighbours As Ourselves
Matthew 23.1-12 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week in the Gospel, we heard Jesus name the two greatest commandments in...
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