Good morning friends. We invite you to join Fr Ray Warren OMI for today’s morning prayer on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 15th. This week, the members of the Parish of St Mary’s, Star of the Sea, Leith, will lead us in our morning reflections. Gospel | Luke 3:10-18 ‘Someone is coming who will...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Roberto Forti in Crewe for today’s morning prayer on the Second Saturday of Advent, December 14th. Gospel Matthew 17:10-13 Elijah has come already and they did not recognise him Roberto reflects: “Now that we are approaching Christmas, the message of this reading to me is that all of...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Mary Ryan in Kilburn for today’s morning prayer on the Second Friday of Advent, December 13th. Gospel Matthew 11:16-19 They heed neither John nor the Son of Man Mary reflects: “Jesus observed that the people rejected prophets who didn’t fit their image of what a prophet should...

 Gospel Reflection Sunday 15th December 2024, Third Sunday of Advent |Luke 3:10-18 It is a sign of the greatness of John the Baptist that the Church dedicates two Sundays of Advent to him. I always think it is a pity that we know so little about him. He is suddenly there baptising in the Jordan;...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Kirk Jacob in Bedford for today’s morning prayer on the Second Thursday of Advent, December 12th. Gospel Matthew 11:11-15 A greater than John the Baptist has never been seen Kirk reflects: “What I notice is that people, nations, and communities can be deceived by ideologies that believe...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Warren Fernandes, Vice-President of the Catholic Society at  Queen Mary University London for today’s morning prayer on the Second Wednesday of Advent, December 11th. Gospel Matthew 11:28-30 My yoke is easy and my burden light Warren reflects: “Jesus is the maximum revelation of who God is. In...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Sarah from the Church of the English Martyrs, London, for today’s morning prayer on the Second Tuesday of Advent, December 10th. Gospel Matthew 18:12-14 The one lost sheep gives him more joy than the ninety-nine that did not stray Sarah reflects: “What does it mean to be...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Fr Irvin  Morastil OMI from De Mazenod House, London, for today’s morning prayer on the Second Monday of Advent, December 9th, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Gospel Luke 1:26-38 ‘I am the handmaid of the Lord’ Fr Irvin reflects: “Now Mary’s sinless nature was not...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Joanna from the Church of the English Martyrs, London, for today’s morning prayer on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 8th. Gospel Luke 3:1-6 The call of John the Baptist Joanna reflects: “It’s very interesting that Luke put so much effort in describing the political scenario in...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Ash Nashibo from the Parish of Darndale-Belcamp, Dublin, for today’s morning prayer on the first Saturday of Advent, December 7th. Gospel | Matthew 9:35-10:1,5,6-8 © ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few’ Ash reflects: ‘Each one of us can reach a corner of the harvest...