2rd Sunday of Lent
2rd Sunday of Lent 5/3/2023, Mt 17, 1-9 However fertile our imaginations, it is impossible for us to realise the real effect of the...
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“Happy are those who live in your house, continually singing your praise!
Happy the pilgrims whom you strengthen, to make the ascent to you” (Psalm 84, 5-6)
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Assumptionists in the UK
- Jan 31
- 2 min
4th Sunday
4th Sunday in Ordinary time 29/1/2023, Mt 5, 1-12 David E Crawford writes the following about the Beatitudes; In writing about the poor...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jan 23
- 3 min
3rd Sunday
3rd Sunday in Ordinary time, Year A, 23/01/2023, Mt 4, 12-23 Words of wisdom: “There’s a fine line between a long, drawn-out sermon and a...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
A surprise gift
4th Sunday in Advent 18/12/2022 Mt 1, 18-24 All over the world, families and friends give presents to each other on Christmas. Most...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
3rd Sunday of Advent
Third Sunday of Advent Mt 11, 2-11 Today we are on the 3rd Sunday of Advent which is called "Gaudete Sunday". Rejoicing, exulting, crying...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Dec 10, 2022
- 2 min
2rd Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent 4/12/2022 Mt 3, 1-12 Don’t give up hope and the Lord will always come to help you said St Paul. Advent invites us...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
1st Sunday of Advent
First Sunday of Advent Year A, 27/11/2022, Mt 24, 37-44 We live in a world of staggering beauty and overpowering wonder and fail to see...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Saint Andrew
Advent season year C, 30/11/2021, Mt 4,18-22 St Andrew was born in Bethsaida, in Galilee, and worked as a fisherman. He was possibly a...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ordinary time, year B, 08/09/2021 Mt 1, 18-23 Mary, the mother of Jesus, always gives us much for reflection. Her son, Jesus, called...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Saint Augustin
Ordinary time year B 28/8/2021 Mt 25, 14-30 St Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) was born in Thagaste, Africa, of a Berber family. Although...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Aug 27, 2021
- 1 min
Saint Monica
Ordinary time 27/8/2021 Mt 25,1-13 Saint Monica (331 - 387) was born in Thagaste in Africa of a Christian family. She was married young,...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 28/7/2021
Ordinary time B, week 17, Mt 13, 44-46 Moses face shining with the presence of God shows how much God was present in his life and the...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
St Anne and Joachim
Ordinary time B, Week 17 Mt 13, 16-17 St Anne and St Joachim: a 2nd century tradition gives these names to the parents of the Virgin...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Friday 16/7/2021
Ordinary time B, Week 15, Mt 12, 1-8 Holy Scripture celebrates the beauty of Mount Carmel, where the prophet Elijah defended Israel’s...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Thursday 15/7/2021
Ordinary time B, week 15, Mt 11, 28-30 St Bonaventure was born in Bagnoregio, Etruria, around 1218. Becoming a Franciscan in 1243, he...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 14/07/2021
Ordinary time B, week 15, Mt 11, 25-27 “Take off your shoes, the ground on which you stand is holy!” God said to Moses. God says similar...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 13, 2021
- 2 min
Tuesday 13/07/2021
Ordinary time B, week 15, Mt 11 20-24 Although it appears that Jesus is castigating Charazin and Bethsaida, scripture scholars understand...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Thursday 08/07/2021
Ordinary time, week 14, Mt10, 7-15 Hospitality was a key instruction to the disciples before being sent out. In fact, hospitality is key...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 07/07/2021
Ordinary time week 14, Mt 10, 1-7 The Joseph story like others in Genesis is a reflection on the story of Jesus. The one rejected becomes...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Tuesday 06/07/2021
Ordinary time week 14, Mt 9, 32-38 Vatican II introduced different models of Church, one being a Pilgrim People on a journey together to...
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