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Sunday Reflection – July 2, 2023

Finding Kindness and Hospitality Matthew 10 40 Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me. And anyone who welcomes me also welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Anyone who welcomes a prophet, just because that person is a prophet, will be given the same reward as a prophet. Anyone who welcomes a good person, just because that person is…
Kids Korner: Welcome in God’s name (July 2nd)

Read Matthew 10:40-42 with your family. Over the last few weeks we have followed Jesus telling his people and those who were about to be sent out that they would face challenges and hardships. In today’s story Jesus reassures them that good things will happen too. They will find people to help them. They will…
Sunday Reflection – June 25, 2023

Mission is not easy, but don’t be afraid Matthew 10 24 Students are not better than their teacher, and slaves are not better than their master. 25 It is enough for students to be like their teacher and for slaves to be like their master. If people call the head of the family Satan, what will they say…
Kids Korner: Jesus reassures his disciples (June 25th)

Read Matthew 10:24-39 with your family. Jesus knew from personal experience that not everyone was interested in hearing his message of love and inclusion, and he did not want the disciples to think it would be easy. He knew the message would change lives and sometimes that meant family members who believed in Jesus and…
Sunday Reflection – June 18, 2023

Making Disciples, Sharing the Word Matthew 9 35 Jesus went to every town and village. He taught in their synagogues and preached the good news about God’s kingdom. Jesus also healed every kind of disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 He…
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…