Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Saturday, December 16th Advent 2023
Dear friends, we invite you to join Christine Hunt, a member of St Mary’s worshipping community on the island of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), North Wales, for today’s prayer together. “Take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted. The son of man who you yourself make strong.” – Psalm 80 We...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Good morning and welcome to this mornings prayer. Today we join Kirk Jacob in Kilburn, London. Kirk works in Adult Faith Formation and is part of the Partners in Mission team and the Missionary Association of Mary Immaculate (MAMI UK). Here in Kilburn, London, we are just starting to grapple with much grief at the...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Good morning and welcome to this mornings prayer. Today we join Fr Ray Warren in De Mazenod House, London. Today we reflect on the Gospel of Matthew 18:12-14 “The one lost sheep gives him more joy than the ninety-nine that did not stray” We remember that not only sheep get lost but so do people. Even...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Saturday 9th December 2023
Good morning and welcome to morning prayer. We join Mary Ryan in Kilburn, London for today’s prayer. Today’s gospel was Jesus’s commissioning of the disciples to their priesthood. Mary reflects, “Reading this gospel extract, I was struck by the words ‘Go rather, to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.’ The marginalized people. St Eugene...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Friday 8th December 2023
Good morning and welcome to morning prayer. We join Mary Ryan in Kilburn, London for today’s prayer, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Mary, the woman, though deeply disturbed, had more than enough of it all. She felt the truth of who she was within her. More than that, she felt the truth to...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Good morning all, and welcome to morning prayer. We join Pádraig Corcoran in Dublin for today’s prayer. Pádraig is the director of Oblate Youth Ministry. God is generous. God gives us more time. God gives more than we need. Than we would ever need. In the gospel, Jesus give thanks and ask His disciples to...
Advent Reflection Evenings – Join Fr Ray Warren OMI
You are invited to join us this Advent for our Advent Retreat and Reflection Evenings Dear Friends, You are invited to join De Mazenod House Retreat and Spirituality Centre, London online for a series of Advent Reflection Evenings every Tuesday during Advent from 8-9pm [BST] on the following theme: “A Light in the Darkness” The...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Good morning all, and welcome to morning prayer. We join Fr Anibal Cazuriaga, OMI, in De Mazenod House, London to pray as a community of faith and hope together and reflect on today’s gospel. In Advent we are preparing to greet the Christ-child, to welcome God into our world, our homes and our lives. And...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Saturday 2nd December 2023
Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. Today we join Patsy Thomas, from Anglesey for our morning prayer. Today is Saturday, the 2nd of December. It’s the ending of a liturgical year where troubles and the violence of war seemed to be everywhere. Even recently in Dublin. But we as a family, can look...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Friday 1st December 2023
Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. This week, we join Patsy Thomas, from Anglesey for our morning prayer. Today is Friday, the 1st of December, a new month. But we are rapidly approaching the end of our liturgical year. A time of beginnings and endings as we come to our prayer...