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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 29, 20212 min read
St Peter & Paul, Apostles 29/6/2021
Ordinary time week 13, Mt 16, 13-19 Peter (Malcolm Guite) Impulsive master of misunderstanding you comfort me with all your big mistakes;...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 28, 20212 min read
Monday 28/6/2021
Ordinary time Week 13th Mt 8, 18-22 St Irenaeus (130 - 202) born in Smyrna, Asia Minor (now Izmir, Turkey), emigrated to Lyons, in...
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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...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 24, 20212 min read
Nativity of St John The Baptist
Ordinary time week 12, Lk 1:57-66,80 Saint John the Baptist has two feasts: in August to celebrate his death and in June to celebrate his...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 23, 20212 min read
Wednesday 23/6/2021
Ordinary time, week 12, Gn 15,1-12, 17-18; Mt 7,15-20 We have heard today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us a practical way by which we can...
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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...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 19, 20212 min read
Saturday 19/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,24-34 Celebrating the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary emphasizes certain values to which contemporary...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 18, 20212 min read
Friday 18/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,19-23 Anyone concerned about the future of the planet is aware of the importance of light for growth. The is...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 17, 20212 min read
Thursday 17/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6,7-15 How to pray is a long-standing question. The Our Father is a mainstay prayer which teaches us to...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 16, 20212 min read
Wednesday 16/6/2021
Ordinary time week 11, Mt 6:1-6,16-18 An Indian Master said the one most selfish one letter word is the letter “I”. Everything revolves...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 14, 20212 min read
Monday 14/06/2021
Ordinary time week 11 2Co 6,1-10; Mt 5 38-42 In writing to the Corinthians, Paul calls for sincerity, genuineness, openness and focus on...
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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...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 11, 20212 min read
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Ordinary time week 10, Jn 19,31-37 Devotion to the Sacred Heart, encouraged by mediaeval mystics and promoted by St Gertrude, St Margaret...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 10, 20211 min read
Thursday 10/6/2021
Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5, 20-26 We are mirrors or reflectors of God’ glory says St Paul. Anthony de Mello tells the following story:...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Wednesday 09/6/2021
Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5,17-19 St Columba (521? - 597) (Gaelic Colm Cille) was born in Gartan, County Donegal, of royal lineage. He...
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Assumptionists in the UK
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Tuesday 08/06/2021
Ordinary time week 10, Mt 5,13 -16 A New York teacher decided to honour her high school seniors by telling each them how they had made a...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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