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thebetterpart
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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thebetterpart
Oct 27, 20231 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Loves The Lord?
Matthew 22.34-40 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this week we hear about some Pharisees. Pharisees are people who...
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thebetterpart
Oct 20, 20233 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Praise God!
Matthew 22.15-21 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, some people come to Jesus and tell him what they...
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thebetterpart
Sep 29, 20232 min read
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): The Good Voice
Matthew 21.28-32 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel for this Sunday considers moral behaviour. For the youngest...
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thebetterpart
Sep 22, 20232 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Who Is This Landowner?
Matthew 20.1-16 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus tells his disciples another parable about...
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thebetterpart
Sep 15, 20232 min read
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Perfect and Even More Than Perfect
Matthew 18.21-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, the Gospel reading this week is about mercy and forgiveness, both...
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thebetterpart
Sep 1, 20232 min read
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Death Is Not The End
Matthew 16.21-27 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Peter name Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the living...
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thebetterpart
Sep 1, 20233 min read
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 6-9): Peter's Choice
Matthew 16.21-27 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Peter say boldly that Jesus is the Messiah, the One...
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thebetterpart
Aug 12, 20233 min read
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Our Shepherd King
Matthew 14.22-33 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection We know so much about Jesus. We know he is the Good Shepherd who calls each of...
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thebetterpart
Jul 7, 20233 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): What Do Children Know?
Matthew 11.25-30 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we listened to Jesus tell his disciples how important children are, how...
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thebetterpart
Jul 1, 20232 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Comfortable in Our Home
Matthew 10.37-42 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday we heard Jesus tell the disciples that they are more special than...
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thebetterpart
Jun 17, 20232 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 3-6): Jesus Knows and Understands
Matthew 9.36 - 10.8 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Wherever Jesus goes, people follow–crowds of people, so many people! They want so...
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thebetterpart
Jun 10, 20232 min read
The Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 3-6): I AM the Living Bread
John 6.51-59 (full reading). For the youngest child, we read only verse 51. Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We know that Jesus says...
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thebetterpart
May 6, 20232 min read
5th Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): Remember Who He Is
John 14:1-12 (read verses 1-4 for the 3-6 year old) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The reading for this Sunday goes back to the Last...
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thebetterpart
Apr 29, 20232 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 3-6): The Voice of the Good Shepherd
John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here it is, our favourite parable! On the fourth Sunday of Easter each year, the church...
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thebetterpart
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 6-9): Abundance
John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Here it is, one of the best loved parables! Or, at least, here is one part of the...
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thebetterpart
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Good Shepherd Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Smell of the Shepherd at the Gate
John 10:1-10 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection Many of us are very familiar with the image of the Good Shepherd. The Gospel for this...
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thebetterpart
Apr 21, 20233 min read
3rd Sunday of Easter (Ages 3-6): What Does Jesus Do?
Luke 24.13-35 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The feast continues! We celebrate the feast of Jesus dying and rising to new life,...
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thebetterpart
Apr 8, 20233 min read
Easter Sunday (Ages 3-6): The First One To Know
John 20:1-18 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection (Adults, you could begin by reading the Gospel aloud to the child. Alternatively, you...
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thebetterpart
Mar 25, 20232 min read
5th Sunday of Lent (Ages 3-6): The Voice That Calls By Name
John 11.3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 (full reading: John 11.1-45) Listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, the fifth...
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