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Happy the pilgrims whom you strengthen, to make the ascent to you” (Psalm 84, 5-6)
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Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 24, 20213 min read
Jesus Christ, King of the universe.
Ordinary time, 21/11/2021 Jn 18, 33-37 Bearing witness to the truth. We celebrate today the last Sunday in ordinary time, the feast of...


Assumptionists in the UK
Sep 14, 20212 min read
The exaltation of the Holy Cross
Ordinary time 14/09/2021 year B, Jn 3,13-17 In the Exaltation of the Cross we rejoice that something so terrible should have been...


Assumptionists in the UK
Aug 23, 20212 min read
Sunday 21th 22/08/2021
Ordinary time year B Jn 6, 60 - 69 Eating flesh and drinking blood for the Jews was and is anathema. However, we have come to understand,...


Assumptionists in the UK
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Sunday 19th 08/08/2021
Ordinary time Year B, Jn 6, 41-51 Jane Tyson Clement wrote the poem, Vigil, about coming face to face with Jesus. What would I do, O...


Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 26, 20213 min read
Sunday 25/7/2021
Ordinary time B, K 4,42-44; Eph 4, 1-6; Jn 6, 1-15 We are today on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary time. In the second reading, the letter of...


Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 22, 20212 min read
St Mary Magdalene
Ordinary time B, week 16, 22/7/2021, Jn 20,1-2, 11-18 Having grown up in an Assumptionist parish dedicated to Mary Magdalen, she has...


Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Saint Thomas Apostle 03/07/2021
Ordinary time week 13, Jn 20,24-29 As well as having a great name, Thomas the Apostle is one of the apostles with character. He was...


Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 11, 20212 min read
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Ordinary time week 10, Jn 19,31-37 Devotion to the Sacred Heart, encouraged by mediaeval mystics and promoted by St Gertrude, St Margaret...


Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 3, 20212 min read
Thursday 03/06/2021
Ordinary time week 9 Tobit 6,10-11; 7,1-9; 8,4-9; Mk 12, 28-34 Saint Charles Lwanga and his companions (- 1885/7). Many Christians,...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 23, 20212 min read
Pentecost Sunday
Pentecostés, 1615-1620, by Juan Bautista MaÃno Jn 15,26-27; 16,12-15 Describing a wonder-filled and amazing experience is never easy....


Assumptionists in the UK
May 21, 20212 min read
Friday 21/05/2021
Eastertide week 7, Acts 25, 13-21; Jn 21, 15-19 Imagine that the encounter of Jesus with Peter took place in a quiet place just as the...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 20, 20212 min read
Thursday 20/05/2021
Eastertide week 7, Acts 20,30; 23, 6-11 - Jn 17, 20-26 Isn’t this a great story? At his trial, Paul, a former pharisee, cleverly setting...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 19, 20212 min read
Wednesday 19/5/2021
Eastertide week 7, Jn 17, 11-19 St Dunstan (909 - 988) was a Benedictine monk, reformer and Archbishop of Canterbury, born near...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 18, 20212 min read
Tuesday 18/05/2021
Eastertide week 7 year B, Act 20, 17-27; Jn17, 1-11 We approach the end of the Acts of the Apostles which culminates in the death of Paul...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 17, 20212 min read
Monday 17/05/2021
Eastertide year B Jn 16, 29-33 Many scams on the internet offer something that is too good to be true and is. Adverts want to convince...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 16, 20212 min read
The Holy Shadow
7th Sunday of Easter 16/05/2021 Jn 17 11-19 Throughout the Easter season we are reminded how much God loves us and we are encouraged to...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 15, 20212 min read
Saturday 15/05/2021
Eastertide year B, Jn 16, 23-28 Following the gospels over recent weeks, it is obvious that the relationship Jesus had with his Father...

Assumptionists in the UK
May 14, 20212 min read
Saint Matthias, Apostle
Friday 14/05/2021 Saint Matthias, Apostle Jn 15,9 -17 St Matthias was not one of the Twelve; but, after the death of Judas Iscariot,...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 11, 20212 min read
Tuesday 11/05/2021
Eastertide Week 6 Jn 16, 5-11 Jesus makes it very clear that evil will never win in the face of the truth. Despite the punishment...


Assumptionists in the UK
May 10, 20212 min read
Monday 10/05/2021
Eastertide Week 6 - Acts 16,11-15 ; Jn 15,26-16,4 Let it never be said that Jesus did not warn his disciples about the difficulties they...
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