Gospel Bites

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Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, The Man Born Blind, we hear how Jesus used spit and clay to heal this man’s blindness. We talk about how Jesus works so physically to heal and how wonderful it is!

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, the Woman at the well, we talk about how abundantly Jesus provides for us. So much that His water becomes a spring welling up inside of us!

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, Matthew 17:1-9, we hear about the Transfiguration and discuss what an incredible experience this must have been for Peter, James, and John!

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, Matthew 4:1-11, Jesus is tempted in the wilderness. We discuss how fasting is like training for an athlete and also how it puts our hearts in the right order - with God at the center.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, Matthew 5:38-48, Daniel and our son Blaise talk about how Jesus asks us to love our enemies and how through prayer God shows us how to love them well.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, Matthew 5:20-22A, 27-28, 33-34A, 37, we get a snippet from the Beatitudes. We mostly focus on how Jesus is showing the people that there’s much more than just a list of rules to follow and we really get into what it looks like to simply say “yes” and “no.”

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus calls us and those he was talking to “salt of the earth” and “light of the world.” Daniel and I unpack what that means and reflect on how life with Jesus is so rich and full.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, the Feast of the Presentation, The Canticle of Simeon - we talk about the obedience of Mary and Joseph when they brought baby Jesus to the Temple for the Presentation, the joy and excitement of Simeon when he finally sees the Savior, and our own excitement for being able to witness the same thing.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, Matthew 4:12-23, We talk about the calling of Jesus’ first disciples, Simon and Andrew and James and John. They were all brothers and fishermen and immediately left and followed Jesus. We talk about what a special encounter this was with Jesus.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/ John 1:29-34 - "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world" - This is where John the Baptist affirms that Jesus truly is the Son of God. We reflect how these are the same words the priest says at Mass when the bread and wine have become the body and blood of Jesus. Truly, this is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. What a beautiful thing to reflect on while at Mass!

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Gospel Bites is a Catholic podcast for young children to hear the Gospel from Sundays and Holy Days and receive a reflection and application in their daily lives. In today’s reading, Matthew 3:13-17, The Baptism of Our Lord, we describe what’s happening in this Scripture and also how sometimes God asks us to do big things even when we don’t understand them. Our kids Jack and Blaise are with us in this recording and Jack gives some good insight!

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/In today’s reading, Matthew 2:1-12, The Epiphany of the Lord, we talk about when the wise men followed a sign to see Jesus and how just seeing Him drew them to fall down and worship Him, then give gifts. We talk about sharing the treasures within us as gifts for Jesus.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Luke 2:16-21 - the shepherds meet the Holy Family and Mary ponders these things in her heart. We talk about what it means to ponder something in her heart and how to listen to the Holy Spirit.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 - The Flight to Egypt - we talk about how Saint Joseph is such a great Father, because he knows God the Father so intimately well! (we don't go into detail about Herod's plot against Jesus)

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/*Our son Jack is live with us during the recording and liked to say “right” in the background throughout the episode :) Merry Christmas!! We use the readings from Mass During the Night and talk about the shepherds' reaction to the angel in the field. What a joyous event that the angels get to share with the shepherds! We also try to receive this good news like the shepherds do and rejoice together!

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/GOSPEL BITES: Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent - The Canticle of Zechariah - Daniel and I speak particularly how Zechariah describes the Messiah as "the light to those who sit in darkness" and the Lord's "tender mercy." Really beautiful stuff. And we celebrate the last day of Advent!

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/The Birth of John the Baptist - Zechariah’s speech returns after he speaks John’s name. We discuss the importance of John’s name, meaning “graced by God.”

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/Birth of Jesus told to Joseph in a dream - We talk about how the name Jesus means “to rescue, to deliver” and what that means in regard to sin. We give a basic understanding of what sin is and how Jesus has rescued us and brought us back into relationship with the Father.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/ We’ll be honest - the Gospel reading today is super long, it’s the entire genealogy of Jesus. No hard feelings if you want to skip to the end of the reading at 2:37.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

After the Transfiguration, the disciples ask why Elijah hasn't come back yet, but Jesus tells them that he has, as John the Baptist. We talk about OT prophets and how the OT previews what God will do with Jesus.

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Music by Teresa Peterson, www.teresapetersonmusic.comAlso check out Audio Adrenaline’s “Leaving 99” song, that perfectly reflects on this Scripture.

Music by Teresa Peterson, www.teresapetersonmusic.com

Music by Teresa Peterson, www.teresapetersonmusic.com

Music by Teresa Peterson, www.teresapetersonmusic.com

Music by Teresa Peterson, www.teresapetersonmusic.com

Music by Teresa Peterson, www.teresapetersonmusic.com

Music by Teresa Peterson, http://www.teresapetersonmusic.com/

Gospel Bites goes through Matthew 8:5-11 with the humble centurion.

This reading was a tricky one to interpret for children's ears, but we hope it begins wonderful conversations!

A quick introduction to Gospel Bites: A Daily Podcast for Kids!