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Kids Korner: How to pray (July 24th)
Read Luke 11:1-13 with your family. When Jesus was alive, he was not the only spiritual teacher walking around Galilee and Judah, teaching a group of followers named ‘disciples’. There were many others doing the same thing. As long as they didn’t encourage rebellion against Rome, the Romans left them alone – which is why…
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Sunday Reflection – July 17, 2022
Mary & Martha 38 The Lord and his disciples were traveling along and came to a village. When they got there, a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat down in front of the Lord and was listening to what he said. 40 Martha was worried about all that…
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Kids Korner: Mary & Martha (July 17th)
Read Luke 10:38-42 with your family. The story of Mary & Martha has often been seen as a housework story, because people in past decades and centuries thought that was what “women’s work” meant. They were wrong, so we have a history of not understanding either Mary or Martha. Mary and Martha were sisters, and…
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Sunday Reflection – July 10, 2022
The Good Samaritan 25 An expert in the Law of Moses stood up and asked Jesus a question to see what he would say. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to have eternal life?” 26 Jesus answered, “What is written in the Scriptures? How do you understand them?” 27 The man replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘Love…
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Kids Korner: Being the Samaritan (July 10th)
Read Luke 10:25-37 with your family. This is a very familiar story, and very well loved. It is such an important story that it has shaped the imaginations of people around the world. There are Good Samaritan laws in many countries, protecting people who try to help the sick or hurting. There are social agencies…
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Sunday Reflection – July 3, 2022
Old Rejections And New Followers Luke 10 Later the Lord chose 70 other followers and sent them out two by two to every town and village where he was about to go. 2 He said to them: A large crop is in the fields, but there are only a few workers. Ask the Lord in charge of the…
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Kids Korner: Jesus sends out 70 evangelists (July 3rd)
Read Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 with your family. We tend to focus on the 12 disciples that Jesus sent out to spread the news of the Gospel, and forget that before Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, he had sent out 70 people in pairs, to tell others about God’s message. Unlike the 12 named apostles, we hear…
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Sunday Reflection – June 26, 2022
Old Rejections And New Followers Luke 9 51 Not long before it was time for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem. 52 He sent some messengers on ahead to a Samaritan village to get things ready for him. 53 But he was on his way to Jerusalem, so the…
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Kids Korner: Following Jesus can mean hard choices (June 26th)
Read Luke 9:51-62 with your family. Adults like to show children that Jesus was always loving and kind. But Jesus was also annoyed with his followers and tired of excuses. In today’s reading Jesus tells two of his closest friends, John and James, that they could not be mean just because they didn’t like how…
The Barefoot Evangelist 