Good morning, we revisit moving prayer from a few years back. We join Ros Appleby in Birkenhead, England on Sunday August 25th, the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time. Gospel | John 6:60-69 Who shall we go to? You are the Holy One of God Ros reflects: “I love Peter; his doubts, his fears, his wondering,...

Good morning, we revisit moving prayer from a few years back. We join Fr Michael Brady OMI in Dublin, on the banks of the river Liffey, for our morning prayer on Saturday August 24th of Week 20 of Ordinary Time. In today’s readings, we hear about how Nathanael was called by Phillip who said to...

Good morning. We join Frankie MacDonald, a member of the Oblate Lourdes Hospitalité, in Scotland for our daily few moments of prayer and reflection on Friday, 23nd August 2024, in the 20th Week of Ordinary Time. Gospel | Matthew 22:34-40 © The commandments of love Frankie reflects: “Today’s reflection is focuses on the qualities one...

Good morning. We join Mary Ryan from the Sacred Heart Parish in London on Wednesday, 21st August 2024, in the 20th Week of Ordinary Time. Gospel John 21:15-17 Feed my lambs, feed my sheep   Mary reflects: “This was Peter’s commissioning to take on the huge responsibility and gift to make known that Jesus is the Christ,...

Good morning. We join Joe O’Connell in Crewe, England on Tuesday, 20th August 2024, in the 20th Week of Ordinary Time. Gospel Matthew 19:23-30 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Joe reflects: “Jesus gives them that...

Good morning dear friends. We join Caroline Shevelan from West Cumbria, England on Sunday, 18th August 2024, in the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Second reading | Ephesians 5:15-20 Be filled not with wine, but with the Spirit Caroline reflects: “The readings for this Sunday begin by speaking about wisdom, about leaving foolishness behind and...

Today, we join Rebecca Roughneen from the Oblate Communications team at Knock Shrine today for Feast day of Our Lady of Knock, Saturday August 17th 2024. Knock is Ireland’s International Eucharistic & Marian Shrine Knock. On the 21st of August in 1879, 15 people from the village witnessed an apparition of Mary on the gable...

Good morning dear friends. We join Susan Varghese from the Oblate Parish of Darndale-Belcamp in Dublin on Friday, 16th August 2024, in the 19th Week of Ordinary Time. Gospel | Matthew 19:3-12 Husband and wife are no longer two, but one body Susan reflects: “There was an opposing view which proposed that only the most...

Good morning dear friends. We join Martin Gavan from the Oblate Parish of Darndale-Belcamp in Dublin on Thursday, 15th August 2024, the Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Mother. Gospel | Luke 1:39-56 The Almighty has done great things for me Martin reflects: “The Visitation involved a significant journey of selflessness and fortitude by...

Good morning dear friends. We join Ashna Shibu from the Oblate Parish of Darndale-Belcamp in Dublin on Wednesday, 14th August 2024, the 19th Week in Ordinary Time. Gospel | Matthew 18:15-20 If your brother listens to you, you have won back your brother Ashna reflects: “In many ways we are keepers of our sisters and...