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Reflections for 9-12 year olds


thebetterpart
Feb 284 min read
1st Sunday of Lent (Ages 9-12): Prayer of Preparation
Luke 4.1-13  Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection On Wednesday, the church entered Lent , the time of preparation  for the...
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thebetterpart
Feb 284 min read
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Treasure and Fruit
Luke 6:39-45 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection For the last few weeks, we heard our call to be prophets for God. God...
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thebetterpart
Feb 224 min read
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Merciful Givers
Luke 6:27-38 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard Jesus call the twelve apostles to be prophets . We...
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thebetterpart
Feb 144 min read
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Blessed Are You Prophets
Luke 6:17, 20-26 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday begins with Jesus coming down from a...
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thebetterpart
Feb 84 min read
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Work Enough For All
Luke 5.1-11 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, we hear about the moment when Simon Peter...
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thebetterpart
Jan 313 min read
Presentation of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Living the Law of the Lord
Luke 2.22-40 Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is February 2nd, exactly forty days after Christmas Day. For...
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thebetterpart
Jan 254 min read
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): To Proclaim and To Do
Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21 Â Click here to listen to the Gospel and Reflectio n Although we listen each week to the Word of God, this Sunday we...
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thebetterpart
Jan 174 min read
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Seventh Jar
John 2.1-12 Â Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The reading for this Sunday is called the Wedding at Cana. This...
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thebetterpart
Jan 114 min read
Baptism of the Lord (Ages 9-12): Soaking Up The Love
Luke 3.15-16, 21-22 Â Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n At the close of the Christmas season, we leave the secret...
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thebetterpart
Jan 35 min read
Feast of the Epiphany (Ages 9-12): God Leads Us
Matthew 2.1-12 Click here to listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany...
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thebetterpart
Dec 27, 20244 min read
Feast of the Holy Family (Ages 9-12): Taking Ownership
Luke 2.41-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The feast has arrived and has only just begun! For three Sundays, we celebrate...
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thebetterpart
Dec 19, 20244 min read
4th Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): At The Sound of Her Voice
Luke 1.39-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the fourth and last Sunday of Advent. Soon we will celebrate our...
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thebetterpart
Dec 12, 20244 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): Gaudete!
Luke 3.10-18 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n We call this Sunday " Gaudete Sunday." Gaudete is a Latin word that means...
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thebetterpart
Dec 6, 20243 min read
2nd Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): The Work of God
Luke 3.1-6 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the second Sunday of Advent. As we prepare to celebrate God...
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thebetterpart
Nov 29, 20243 min read
1st Sunday of Advent (Ages 9-12): The Pervasion of God
Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent . In Advent  we prepare  for the...
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thebetterpart
Nov 22, 20243 min read
Christ the King (Ages 9-12): Mission as King
John 18.33b-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, the first Sunday of our year of...
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thebetterpart
Nov 14, 20244 min read
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Lesson of the Fig Tree
Mark 13.24-32 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel reading for this Sunday is a difficult one. Jesus and his friends...
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thebetterpart
Nov 9, 20244 min read
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): At the Temple
Mark 12.38-44 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his friends are at the Temple in...
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thebetterpart
Nov 1, 20243 min read
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Simple, Perhaps
Mark 12.28-34 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, we find Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem. He...
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thebetterpart
Oct 25, 20244 min read
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Living the Miracle
Mark 10.46-52 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Often, when we listen to the Bible, we hear about Jesus healing people. Jesus...
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thebetterpart
Oct 18, 20244 min read
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Sharing In His Mission
Mark 10.35-45 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n As Jesus and the disciples walk the long journey to Jerusalem, the disciples...
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thebetterpart
Oct 12, 20244 min read
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): God Alone
Mark 10.17-30 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, a man comes to Jesus with a question about...
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thebetterpart
Oct 4, 20245 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Treasure
Mark 10.2-16 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n The Gospel for this Sunday seems to have two separate parts. The first concerns...
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thebetterpart
Sep 27, 20245 min read
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Power of the Name
Mark 9.38-43, 45, 47-48 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, the apostle John comes to Jesus with a...
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thebetterpart
Sep 21, 20244 min read
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Ask A Good Question
Mark 9.30-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus and his disciples travel alone. Usually,...
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thebetterpart
Sep 13, 20245 min read
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Being
Mark 8:27-35 Â Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus spends much time traveling around Galilee and the region across the...
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thebetterpart
Sep 7, 20245 min read
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): The Work of Prophets
Mark 7.31-37 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus and his friends spend much of their time traveling around Israel, mainly...
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thebetterpart
Aug 30, 20244 min read
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Hearts That Desire Cleansing
Mark 7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n Jesus draws people to him. He makes people curious. Some people's...
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thebetterpart
Aug 23, 20243 min read
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Something More
John 6.53 Â and 60-69 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n This Sunday, we return once again in our thinking to the moment when...
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thebetterpart
Aug 16, 20245 min read
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Never Will He Ever
John 6. 51-58 Â Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n In the middle of the summer, we find ourselves still in the middle of the sixth...
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thebetterpart
Aug 9, 20244 min read
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Covenant: Sign and Celebration
John 6.41-51 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflectio n For the last few weeks, we listened to chapter 6 of the Gospel of St. John. The...
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thebetterpart
Aug 2, 20244 min read
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Satisfying Desire
John 6.24-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last week, we heard about Jesus satisfying the hunger of five thousand people. We...
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thebetterpart
Jul 26, 20245 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Counting The Signs
John 6.1-15 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel reading last week, Jesus has compassion on the crowd of people. He...
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thebetterpart
Jul 19, 20244 min read
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prayer and Compassion
Mark 6.30-34 Click here to listen to the Podcast Last week, we listened to Jesus send out the twelve with only staff and sandals. He...
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thebetterpart
Jul 12, 20244 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Sandals and Staff
Mark 6.7-13 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection Last Sunday, we heard Jesus get rejected by the people of Nazareth. We heard him...
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thebetterpart
Jul 5, 20245 min read
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Prophet Like Him
Mark 6.1-6 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection After several Sundays of hearing Jesus teach and travel around Israel, this Sunday we...
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thebetterpart
Jun 28, 20245 min read
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Using Our Faith
Mark 5.21-43 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday the Gospel recounts two miracles of healing, one account sandwiched...
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thebetterpart
Jun 21, 20244 min read
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Fear of the LORD
Mark 4.35-41 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus performs a miracle. Usually, when Jesus...
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thebetterpart
Jun 15, 20245 min read
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Blastano!
Mark 4.26-34 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection In the Gospel this week, Jesus tells two Kingdom of God parables, both about seeds....
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thebetterpart
Jun 8, 20244 min read
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Ages 9-12): Multiplication
Mark 3.20-35 Listen here to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel for this Sunday is a sort of sandwich. St. Mark begins by talking about...
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thebetterpart
Jun 1, 20244 min read
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Ages 9-12): Celebrating the Covenant
Mark 14.12-16, 22-26 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection The Gospel reading for this Sunday returns us to the account of the Last Supper...
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thebetterpart
May 25, 20244 min read
Trinity Sunday (Ages 9-12): The Great Gathering-In
Matthew 28.16-20 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection We spent fifty days celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus, his Ascension into...
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thebetterpart
May 17, 20243 min read
Pentecost Sunday (Ages 9-12): Each of Us
Acts 2.1-11 Listen to the Gospel and Reflection This Sunday is Pentecost, when we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the...
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thebetterpart
May 10, 20243 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...
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thebetterpart
May 3, 20243 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...
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thebetterpart
Apr 26, 20245 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...
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thebetterpart
Apr 19, 20243 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...
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thebetterpart
Apr 12, 20244 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...
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thebetterpart
Apr 5, 20244 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...
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thebetterpart
Mar 30, 20245 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,...
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