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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...
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Assumptionists in the UK
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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