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Assumptionists in the UK
May 26, 20232 min read
Pentecost Sunday
7th Sunday Easter year A 2023 Jn 20, 19 -23 After the Ascension, the apostles and disciples spent much of their time in prayer. They had...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 26, 20233 min read
6th Sunday of Easter
6th Sunday of Easter Year A 2023 Jn 17, 1-11 The community within which Jesus grew up, like all communities in Israel at that time,...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 26, 20233 min read
5th Sunday of Easter
5th Sunday Easter Year A 2023 Jn 14, 15-21 The Truth Jesus refers to is not something we can possess, nor is it about knowledge, words or...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 26, 20233 min read
Good Shepherd
4th Sunday Easter Year A - Good Shepherd – Vocations - 2023 Pope Francis writes about Vocations : This is the 60th celebration of the...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Apr 25, 20233 min read
3rd Sunday Easter
3rd Sunday Easter Emmaus 2023, Lk 24,13-35 With the arrival of Spring there is an energy in the air that almost impels us to go out and...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Divine Mercy Sunday
2nd Sunday Easter Year A - 2023 Luke describes the early Christians forming a community of mutual support and sharing. A better word for...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Apr 25, 20232 min read
East Sunday
East Sunday Year A 2023 Sr Macrina Wiederkehr osb has an interesting way of welcoming Easter. Rather than being observers of this...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 15, 20223 min read
The gift of the Holy Spirit.
Pentecost Sunday 5/6/2022 Jn 14, 15-16,23-26 We are today on the Pentecost Sunday, the day the Apostles received the gift of the Holy...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 15, 20222 min read
7th Sunday of Easter
7th Sunday of Easter 30/5/2022 Jn 17, 20-26 We talk and pray and yearn for Christian Unity but do we ever give serious thought to what it...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 24, 20223 min read
6th Sunday of Easter
6th Sunday of Easter Year C, 22/05/2022 Jn 14, 23-29 Revelation speaks of the temple of the city being Jesus Christ. This reminds us of...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 24, 20222 min read
5th Sunday of Easter
5th Sunday of Easter Year C 15/5/2022 Jn 13, 31-35 We often talk about the glory of God or about giving glory to God but do we pause to...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 9, 20222 min read
4th Sunday of Easter
4th Sunday of Easter 8/5/2022 Jn10, 27-30 Only a small reference about Jesus being the Good Shepherd but that is all we need. In Jesus’...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 9, 20222 min read
3th Sunday of Easter
3th Sunday of Easter 1/5/2022 Jn 21, 1-19 Yesterday I was privileged to bless a sundial in the Quaker Peace Garden which contains...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 23, 20212 min read
Pentecost Sunday
Pentecostés, 1615-1620, by Juan Bautista MaÃno Jn 15,26-27; 16,12-15 Describing a wonder-filled and amazing experience is never easy....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Assumptionists in the UK
May 16, 20212 min read
The Holy Shadow
7th Sunday of Easter 16/05/2021 Jn 17 11-19 Throughout the Easter season we are reminded how much God loves us and we are encouraged to...
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