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...
top of page
“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)
Gospel reflections
Search
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Nativity of St John The Baptist
Ordinary time week 12, Lk 1:57-66,80 Saint John the Baptist has two feasts: in August to celebrate his death and in June to celebrate his...
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...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Tuesday 22/6/2021
Ordinary time week 12, Mt 10, 34-39 St John Fisher (1469 - 1535) was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, in 1469. He studied theology in...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 19, 2021
- 2 min
Saturday 19/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,24-34 Celebrating the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary emphasizes certain values to which contemporary...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Friday 18/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,19-23 Anyone concerned about the future of the planet is aware of the importance of light for growth. The is...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
Thursday 17/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,7-15 How to pray is a long-standing question. The Our Father is a mainstay prayer which teaches us to...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 16/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6:1-6,16-18 An Indian Master said the one most selfish one letter word is the letter “I”. Everything revolves...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
11th Sunday in Ordinary time
Ordinary time sunday week 11th Mk 4,26-34 The Theologian, James Mackey, tells the story of a man who went on a hunting expedition in...
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 10, 2021
- 1 min
Thursday 10/6/2021
Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5, 20-26 We are mirrors or reflectors of God’ glory says St Paul. Anthony de Mello tells the following story:...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 09/6/2021
Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5,17-19 St Columba (521? - 597) (Gaelic Colm Cille) was born in Gartan, County Donegal, of royal lineage. He...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
Tuesday 08/06/2021
Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5,13 -16 A New York teacher decided to honour her high school seniors by telling each them how they had made a...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Corpus Christi
Sunday in Ordinary time 06/06/2021 Mk14,12-16, 22-26 It is not for some arbitrary reason that we celebrate Corpus Christi only after...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Friday 04/06/2021
Ordinary time week 9. Mk 12, 35-37 The people listening to Jesus were filled with delight. This simple phrase reveals so much. Delight...
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
- Jun 2, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday 02/6/2021
Ordinary time week 9, Tobit 3,1-11; 16-17; Mk12, 18-27 Not only are the Sadducees more interested in catching Jesus out, they are more...
Assumptionists in the UK
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Tuesday 01/06/2021
Ordinary time week 9 Mt 5,13-19 Saint Justin, Martyr (- 165) was born at the beginning of the 2nd century in Nablus, Samaria, of a pagan...
Assumptionists in the UK
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
The Visitation
Monday 31/05/2021 Luke 1,39-56 In Advent, we remember the waiting of the generations before us who searched and longed for the Messiah....
Assumptionists in the UK
- May 29, 2021
- 2 min
Saturday 29/05/2021
Ordinary time week 8 Ecc 51,17-27; Mk 11,27-33 Ecclesiasticus speaks of Wisdom, a gift of the Holy Spirit along with knowledge and...
bottom of page