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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 25, 20223 min read
Third Sunday
Third Sunday in Ordinary time, Year C, 23/01/2022 Lk 1,1-4; 4,14-21 “Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life”. We are on the third...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Second Sunday
Second Sunday in Ordinary time Year C 16/01/2022 Jn 2,1-11 Pope Francis’ message for Peace Sunday: "Great social challenges and peace...
Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Vietnamese Martyrs
Ordinary time, 24/11/2021 Lk 21, 12-19 The evangelisation of Vietnam began in the 16th century. Two Apostolic Vicariates were set up in...
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
Nov 18, 20212 min read
32nd Sunday
Ordinary time 07/11/2021 Mk 12, 38-44 An obvious link between the first reading and the Gospel is a poor widow. What stands out is their...
Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 18, 20213 min read
All Saints.
Sunday 31/10/2021 Mt 5, 1-12 A time to see, a time to choose, and a time to act I have been reading the book of Pope Francis “ Let us...
Assumptionists in the UK
Oct 18, 20212 min read
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Ordinary time Monday 18/10/2021 Lk, 10, 1-9 Saint Luke the Evangelist was a Greek doctor who converted to Christianity. He was a...
Assumptionists in the UK
Oct 18, 20212 min read
Sunday 17/10/2021
Ordinary time 29th Sunday, Mk 10, 35-45 Pope Francis is calling us as to journey together into a deeper experience of and commitment to...
Assumptionists in the UK
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Saint Francis
Ordinary time, year B, Lk 10 25-37 St Francis (1181 - 1226) was the son of a prosperous cloth merchant in Assisi. His father objected to...
Assumptionists in the UK
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Sunday 27th
Ordinary time, Year B, 03/10/2021, Mk 10, 2-16 In Amoris Laetitia Pope Francis writes about marriage and family life:- I thank God that...
Assumptionists in the UK
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Saint Vincent de Paul
Ordinary time Year B, Lk 9, 46-54 St Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660), born in Aquitaine, became a priest and devoted his life to the...
Assumptionists in the UK
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Sunday 26th
Creation mass ( last Sunday in September) Ordinary time, Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Our Catholic faith motivates us to act. Radically...
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
Sep 8, 20212 min read
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
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Sunday 23rd
Ordinary time year B, 05/09/2021 Mk 7,31-37 Intro to Penitential rite: O Gracious God, Creator Spirit, Source of life, you have given...
Assumptionists in the UK
Sep 3, 20213 min read
Sunday 22th
Ordinary time 29/8/2021 year B Mk 7, 1-8;14-15; 21-23 St James writes “the word which has been planted in you and can save your souls.”...
Assumptionists in the UK
Aug 27, 20211 min read
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
Aug 17, 20212 min read
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ordinary time, Year B, 15/8/2021 Luke 1, 39-56 Our understanding of Mary, the mother of Jesus and Mother of God, will be affected by the...
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 28, 20212 min read
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...
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