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...
“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
- 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...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Monday 05/07/2021
Ordinary time week 14, Mt 9, 18-26 We have repeated a few times: My God in whom I trust! But, is that true? Do you really trust in God?...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
Friday 02/07/2021
Ordinary time week 13, Mt 9, 9-13 One of the great qualities ofJesus was his ability to turn the negativity of others and the barriers...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
St Peter & Paul, Apostles 29/6/2021
Ordinary time week 13, Mt 16, 13-19 Peter (Malcolm Guite) Impulsive master of misunderstanding you comfort me with all your big mistakes;...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
Monday 28/6/2021
Ordinary time Week 13th Mt 8, 18-22 St Irenaeus (130 - 202) born in Smyrna, Asia Minor (now Izmir, Turkey), emigrated to Lyons, in...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
Friday 25/06/2021
Ordinary time week 12, Gn 17:1-9,15-22, Mt 8:1-4 “If you want to you can cure me?” “Of course, I want to!” said Jesus. This has been the...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 23/6/2021
Ordinary time, week 12, Gn 15,1-12, 17-18; Mt 7,15-20 We have heard today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us a practical way by which we can...