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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
Mar 12, 20242 min read
Fourth Sunday of Lent
4th Sunday of Lent 10/3/2024 Jn 3, 14-21 Although we are encouraged throughout Lent to seek God’s mercy for your sins and failings and...
Assumptionists in the UK
Mar 6, 20242 min read
3rd Sunday of lent
3rd Sunday of Lent 03/03/2024 Jn 2, 13-25' Before we receive Holy Communion, we pray: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under...
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 24, 20212 min read
Vietnamese Martyrs
Ordinary time, 24/11/2021 Lk 21, 12-19 The evangelisation of Vietnam began in the 16th century. Two Apostolic Vicariates were set up in...
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...
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
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Ordinary time Monday 18/10/2021 Lk, 10, 1-9 Saint Luke the Evangelist was a Greek doctor who converted to Christianity. He was a...
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
Saint Francis
Ordinary time, year B, Lk 10 25-37 St Francis (1181 - 1226) was the son of a prosperous cloth merchant in Assisi. His father objected 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
Saint Vincent de Paul
Ordinary time Year B, Lk 9, 46-54 St Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660), born in Aquitaine, became a priest and devoted his life to the...
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 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
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...
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
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...
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