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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 3, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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...
Assumptionists in the UK
May 28, 20212 min read
Friday 28/05/2021
Ordinary time week 8, Mk 11,11-26 The gospel is filled with thoughts, questions and riches and enough material for a month of homilies....
Assumptionists in the UK
May 27, 20212 min read
Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest
Ordinary time 27/05/2021 week 8, Mk10, 46-52 From a homily by Archbishop Dermott Clifford: “Pope John Paul II wrote: "The Eucharist is...
Assumptionists in the UK
May 26, 20212 min read
Saint Philip Neri
Ordinary time week 8 - Mk 10, 32-45 Saint Philip Neri (1515 - 1595) was born in Florence. At eighteen he went to Rome and earned his...
Assumptionists in the UK
May 25, 20212 min read
Tuesday 25/05/2021
Ordinary time week 8, Mt 7, 21-29 St Bede the Venerable (673 - 735) was born in northern England, near the monastery of Wearmouth. He...
Assumptionists in the UK
May 24, 20212 min read
Mary Mother of the Church
Ordinary time week 8 - Mark 10, 17-27 Pope Francis: In the Gospel, Mary is always described as “the Mother of Jesus,” instead of “the...
Assumptionists in the UK
May 21, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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 15, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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...
Assumptionists in the UK
May 8, 20212 min read
Be grateful
Saturday 08/05/2021 Eastertide Week 5 - Acts 16,1-10; Jn 15, 18-21 The story of Paul receiving a clear instruction, strikes a note of...
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