Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Joanne Lanigan, from Dublin. On this wonderful Easter morning, it is great to be together, to pray for each other, to praise God and to share our faith. May we have the same sense of the joy that the first disciples had, the sense of not...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Br Michael, in Wales. We gather on this Good Friday as a community in union with the whole Church and Christians across the world, as we prepare to celebrate the Passion of our Lord. In our prayers this morning, and for the rest of the day,...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Dominik, from Dublin. Today on Maundy Thursday, we remember the Last Supper and, as is the focus of this reading, Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Jesus, the Lord and Master as he calls himself, teaches us this Christian way of living, of loving...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Caroline, from Cumbria. Today’s reading is about the time when Jesus and the disciples were preparing for the Passover and Last Supper. Caroline focuses on the topic of expectations, the relationship between Judas and Jesus, and how they ended up in a place where the former...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Caroline, from Cumbria. In today’s reading, Caroline reflects on the meaning of the word ‘love’ and relates it to the Last Supper, the disciples and our lives. She says that it is no accident that Jesus’ new command – to love one another as he loves...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Michael Brady. There are many lovely things in today’s reading that Fr Michael is sure will come to the surface of the hearts of those who are listening. There is a lovely climate of friendship with the family of Martha, Mary and the man who...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Michael Brady. Fr Michael says that today’s reading is a great font of reflection with regard to the Christian message, which is the person of Jesus Christ. We cannot forget that he was divine, but he also assumed our way of being in order that...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Pauline Thomas, from Anglesey. In today’s reading, the plot to kill Jesus intensifies. The chief priests and Pharisees are threatened by his success. He is envied. His honour and fame mean their disgrace. The chief priests and Pharisees meet to decide what action to take. They...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Pauline Thomas, from Anglesey. Stoning was the penalty for blasphemy back in the day. In today’s reading, Jesus defends himself against the charge that he is making himself a god by quoting Psalm 82, which is interpreted as declaring some mortals to be gods. Jesus’ works...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Gerald, from Singles for Christ Community, UK. Today in the Gospel reading, we see how Jesus had been attempting to explain to the Jews and the Pharisees who he is and how to live this life and find salvation. Yet, they didn’t hear him. Their ears...