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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,...
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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 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...
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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...
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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 22, 20212 min read
St Mary Magdalene
Ordinary time B, week 16, 22/7/2021, Jn 20,1-2, 11-18 Having grown up in an Assumptionist parish dedicated to Mary Magdalen, she has...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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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Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 6, 20212 min read
Tuesday 06/07/2021
Ordinary time week 14, Mt 9, 32-38 Vatican II introduced different models of Church, one being a Pilgrim People on a journey together to...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 5, 20212 min read
Monday 05/07/2021
Ordinary time week 14, Mt 9, 18-26 We have repeated a few times: My God in whom I trust! But, is that true? Do you really trust in God?...
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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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Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Saint Thomas Apostle 03/07/2021
Ordinary time week 13, Jn 20,24-29 As well as having a great name, Thomas the Apostle is one of the apostles with character. He was...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jul 2, 20211 min read
Friday 02/07/2021
Ordinary time week 13, Mt 9, 9-13 One of the great qualities ofJesus was his ability to turn the negativity of others and the barriers...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Wednesday 30/6/2021
Ordinary time week 13, Gn 21, 5,8-20; Mt 8, 28-34 The Old Testament always give the impression that God is God of the underdog. Often...
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