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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
Dec 12, 20212 min read
Rejoice.
Third Sunday of Advent, Year C, 12/12/2021 Lk 3, 10-18 Stop! Let’s pause for a while and look back. We began Advent lighting the first...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Dec 12, 20213 min read
Prepare the way.
Second Sunday of Advent Year C 05/12/2021 Lk 3, 1-6 We are on the second Sunday of Advent. The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is closer...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 29, 20213 min read
To a better world
First Sunday of Advent 28/11/2021, Year C, Lk 21, 25-28, 34-36 We are today on the first Sunday of Advent, the first Sunday of the...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 24, 20213 min read
Jesus Christ, King of the universe.
Ordinary time, 21/11/2021 Jn 18, 33-37 Bearing witness to the truth. We celebrate today the last Sunday in ordinary time, the feast of...
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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...
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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...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Nov 18, 20213 min read
All Saints.
Sunday 31/10/2021 Mt 5, 1-12 A time to see, a time to choose, and a time to act I have been reading the book of Pope Francis “ Let us...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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”....
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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...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Sunday 23rd
Ordinary time year B, 05/09/2021 Mk 7,31-37 Intro to Penitential rite: O Gracious God, Creator Spirit, Source of life, you have given...
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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.”...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Aug 23, 20212 min read
Sunday 21th 22/08/2021
Ordinary time year B Jn 6, 60 - 69 Eating flesh and drinking blood for the Jews was and is anathema. However, we have come to understand,...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Aug 17, 20212 min read
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ordinary time, Year B, 15/8/2021 Luke 1, 39-56 Our understanding of Mary, the mother of Jesus and Mother of God, will be affected by the...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Sunday 19th 08/08/2021
Ordinary time Year B, Jn 6, 41-51 Jane Tyson Clement wrote the poem, Vigil, about coming face to face with Jesus. What would I do, O...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 26, 20213 min read
Sunday 25/7/2021
Ordinary time B, K 4,42-44; Eph 4, 1-6; Jn 6, 1-15 We are today on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary time. In the second reading, the letter of...
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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...
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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...
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