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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
Oct 10, 20233 min read
27th Sunday in Ordinary time
27th Sunday in Ordinary time 08/10/2023 Mt 21, 33-43 Another vineyard story but with a very different purpose. In this story it is God...
Assumptionists in the UK
Mar 11, 20232 min read
2rd Sunday of Lent
2rd Sunday of Lent 5/3/2023, Mt 17, 1-9 However fertile our imaginations, it is impossible for us to realise the real effect of the...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jan 31, 20232 min read
4th Sunday
4th Sunday in Ordinary time 29/1/2023, Mt 5, 1-12 David E Crawford writes the following about the Beatitudes; In writing about the poor...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jan 23, 20233 min read
3rd Sunday
3rd Sunday in Ordinary time, Year A, 23/01/2023, Mt 4, 12-23 Words of wisdom: “There’s a fine line between a long, drawn-out sermon and a...
Assumptionists in the UK
Dec 21, 20223 min read
A surprise gift
4th Sunday in Advent 18/12/2022 Mt 1, 18-24 All over the world, families and friends give presents to each other on Christmas. Most...
Assumptionists in the UK
Dec 21, 20223 min read
3rd Sunday of Advent
Third Sunday of Advent Mt 11, 2-11 Today we are on the 3rd Sunday of Advent which is called "Gaudete Sunday". Rejoicing, exulting, crying...
Assumptionists in the UK
Dec 10, 20222 min read
2rd Sunday of Advent
Second Sunday of Advent 4/12/2022 Mt 3, 1-12 Don’t give up hope and the Lord will always come to help you said St Paul. Advent invites us...
Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 29, 20222 min read
1st Sunday of Advent
First Sunday of Advent Year A, 27/11/2022, Mt 24, 37-44 We live in a world of staggering beauty and overpowering wonder and fail to see...
Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 30, 20212 min read
Saint Andrew
Advent season year C, 30/11/2021, Mt 4,18-22 St Andrew was born in Bethsaida, in Galilee, and worked as a fisherman. He was possibly a...
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
Aug 28, 20212 min read
Saint Augustin
Ordinary time year B 28/8/2021 Mt 25, 14-30 St Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) was born in Thagaste, Africa, of a Berber family. Although...
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
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...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 26, 20213 min read
St Anne and Joachim
Ordinary time B, Week 17 Mt 13, 16-17 St Anne and St Joachim: a 2nd century tradition gives these names to the parents of the Virgin...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 16, 20212 min read
Friday 16/7/2021
Ordinary time B, Week 15, Mt 12, 1-8 Holy Scripture celebrates the beauty of Mount Carmel, where the prophet Elijah defended Israel’s...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Thursday 15/7/2021
Ordinary time B, week 15, Mt 11, 28-30 St Bonaventure was born in Bagnoregio, Etruria, around 1218. Becoming a Franciscan in 1243, he...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 14, 20212 min read
Wednesday 14/07/2021
Ordinary time B, week 15, Mt 11, 25-27 “Take off your shoes, the ground on which you stand is holy!” God said to Moses. God says similar...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Tuesday 13/07/2021
Ordinary time B, week 15, Mt 11 20-24 Although it appears that Jesus is castigating Charazin and Bethsaida, scripture scholars understand...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 8, 20212 min read
Thursday 08/07/2021
Ordinary time, week 14, Mt10, 7-15 Hospitality was a key instruction to the disciples before being sent out. In fact, hospitality is key...
Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 7, 20212 min read
Wednesday 07/07/2021
Ordinary time week 14, Mt 10, 1-7 The Joseph story like others in Genesis is a reflection on the story of Jesus. The one rejected becomes...
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