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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B:  August 23, 2015 First Reading:  1 Kings 8:(1,6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43 Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In her comments on the text, educator Carolyn Brown suggests reflecting upon the building

20th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B:  August 16, 2015 First Reading:  1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 The Donkey and the Rock by Demi (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: “Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people…” Solomon has been held up as a wise and

19th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B:  August 9, 2015 First Reading:  2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Sorry by Jean Van Leeuwen (Written for ages 5-9) Comment:  Sometimes, even in families, people find themselves at odd with one another. Rivalries, alienation, separation, and fighting

17th Sunday of Ordinary TIme Year B:  July 12, 2015 First Reading: 2  Samuel 11:1-15 Mr. King’s Castle by Genevieve Cote   (Written for ages 3-8) Comment:  Mr. King has his eye set on building himself a big castle. He sets to work and begins using whatever materials he finds

15th Sunday of Ordinary TIme Year B:  July 12, 2015 First Reading: 2  Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing by April Jones Prince   (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:    As I read through this passage, the first image I pictured was that of a parade. I can see

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B: June 7, 2015 First Reading: 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, 11:14-15 How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  Samuel is discouraged when the elders gather together and demand a king for the people. The people

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C:  November 17, 2013 First Reading: Isaiah 65:17-25 Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: “For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth…” This is a beautiful text of restoration and harmony that acknowledges

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C: November 10, 2013 First Reading: Haggai 1:15b-2:9 The Peace Bell by Margi Preus (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: Here we encounter God speaking words of consolation to the exiles who have returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. In her

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C:  November 3, 2013 First Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Pamela Cooper-White asks, “What if we, like Habakkuk, would just station ourselves at

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C:  October 27, 2013 First Reading: Joel 2:23-32 The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In her commentary on this text, Donna Schaper shares her own experience of ritualizing an act of hope. She suggests that