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  • Kids Korner: Sharing Jesus’ message (June 18th)

    Read Matthew 9:35 – 10:23 with your family. Today’s reading is very long and it talks about how to be disciples and teachers of Jesus’ message. The early church had rules about how leaders should behave. There were a lot of other teachers walking around in Galilee and Judea at the time of Jesus, some…

  • Sunday Reflection – June 11, 2023

    Jesus honouring faith Matthew 9 9 As Jesus was leaving, he saw a tax collector named Matthew sitting at the place for paying taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and went with him. 10  Later, Jesus and his disciples were having dinner at Matthew’s house. Many tax collectors and other sinners were also there. 11 Some…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus helps (June 11th)

    Read Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 with your family. Helping people is a big part of the work Jesus did while he was living on earth. Our story today has three people who were helped by Jesus. The first was Matthew the tax collector. He worked with the Roman government even though he was a Hebrew, so…

  • Sunday Reflection, Trinity Sunday – June 4, 2023

    Baptize and make disciples Matthew 28 16  Jesus’ eleven disciples went to a mountain in Galilee, where Jesus had told them to meet him. 17 They saw him and worshiped him, but some of them doubted. 18 Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth! 19  Go to the people of all…

  • Kids Korner: Trinity Sunday (June 4th)

    Read Matthew 28:16-20 with your family. Every Gospel has a slightly different way of telling the story of Jesus, and in Matthew’s Gospel we read that the women told all Jesus’ followers to return immediately to Galilee, and that’s what they did. The verses we read today are the very last words in the Gospel…

  • Sunday Reflection, Pentecost – May 28, 2023

      Coming Of The Holy Spirit Acts 2  On the day of Pentecost all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. 2 Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house where they were meeting. 3 Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues moving in all directions, and a tongue…

  • Kids Korner: The Holy Spirit (May 28th)

    Read Acts 2:1-21 with your family. Pentecost (meaning “50 days” in Greek), was a festival for the Hebrew people where they celebrated the harvest of wheat, read the whole story of Ruth, remembered King David, and recognized the anniversary of Moses getting the 10 Commandments from Mount Sinai. It was an important time and the…

  • Sunday Reflection – Ascension Sunday, May 21, 2023

      Jesus offers prayer John 17 After Jesus had finished speaking to his disciples, he looked up toward heaven and prayed: Father, the time has come for you to bring glory to your Son, in order that he may bring glory to you. 2 And you gave him power over all people, so he would give eternal life…

  • Kids Korner: Jesus Leaves (May 21st)

    Read Luke 24:44-53 with your family. Remember back to Good Friday, how sad everyone was that Jesus had died? Jesus came back Easter morning and everyone was shocked. Then they started getting used to Jesus appearing to his closest followers and they were happy again. This week we hear about Jesus leaving for good, but…

  • Sunday Reflection – May 14, 2023

      Promise of the Holy Spirit John 14 15  Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, you will do as I command. 16 Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you. 17 The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot…