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Happy the pilgrims whom you strengthen, to make the ascent to you” (Psalm 84, 5-6)
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Assumptionists in the UK
Mar 6, 20243 min read
Second Sunday of lent
Doesn’t this day on which we celebrate the transfiguration of Jesus make you want to have a glimpse of how God sees us. For God sees our...
Assumptionists in the UK
Mar 6, 20243 min read
First Sunday of Lent
In Fratelli Tutti Pope Francis invites us into the Lenten theme which is also the theme of the Jubilee year to be celebrated in 2025. The...
Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 18, 20212 min read
33rd Sunday
Ordinary time 14/11/2021 Mk 13, 24-32 Yesterday a small group of people started out on a missionary adventure. Some would call us a...
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
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
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
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 20, 20213 min read
Greatness in being little.
Ordinary time, Sunday 25th year B, 19/09/2021 Mk 9, 30-37 An Indian Master said the most selfish one-letter word is the letter “I”....
Assumptionists in the UK
Sep 14, 20212 min read
Sunday 24th
Ordinary time 12/09/2021 year B, Mk 8, 27-35 Nowadays we are in an ever-greater hurry: emails want instant replies, computers and mobile...
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
Jul 12, 20213 min read
Putting our plan in God's plan
Ordinary time, Sunday 11/7/2021, week 15th Mk 6, 7-13 We are today on 15th Sunday in Ordinary time. In today's Gospel, Jesus sends his...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 4, 20212 min read
Sunday 04/072021
Ordinary time year B, Sunday 14th, Mk 6 1-6 Jesus lived in Nazareth most of his life, nearly 30 years. He would have learned the skill of...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 28, 20212 min read
The healing touch
13th Sunday in Ordinary time, 27/06/2021 Mk 5, 21-43 In our daily life we try to do everything to have a good health, to keep ourselves...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Sunday 12th 20/6/2021
Ordinary time week 12, Mk 4, 35-41 A businessman, visiting a Brazilian village, saw a fisherman row to the shore having caught a quantity...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 14, 20212 min read
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 5, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 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
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...
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