Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Kirk Jacob and his friend, Joe O’Connell. Today’s Gospel reading comes from the account of Saint Mark, and covers a time when Jesus cured a boy of an unclean spirit. Joe discusses the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine and the lives affected. He talks...

Good morning and welcome to morning prayer, with Br Carl Peter, in Rome. Today’s Gospel reading comes from Saint Matthew. It is of the time when Jesus taught his disciples to love their enemies. Carl focuses on this word, “enemy”. Let us endeavour not to have enemies, but rather love everyone, as Jesus taught us....

Hello everyone and welcome to morning prayer with Petru, an Oblate scholastic in Rome. Today’s Gospel reading focuses on the Transfiguration of the Lord. Petru reminds us that the transfiguration offers us a message of hope – this is how we will be with him. It helps us to reflect on the importance of detaching...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Irvin Morastil and the youth of El Shaddai, in London. Today marks the 197th anniversary of the approval of the Constitutions and Rules of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Gospel reading today comes from the account of Saint Mark. It is of the...

Hello everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Irvin Morastil, from English Martyrs parish, in Tower Hill, London. Today’s Gospel reading comes from the account of Saint Mark. It is of the time when Jesus asked his disciples who do you say I am? Peter responded that he is the Christ, after which Jesus...

Good morning again and welcome to this morning’s morning prayer once more with Br Carl Peter, an Oblate student in Rome, in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Today’s gospel is from Mark and it’s the account of Jesus healing the blind man. Two things of importance to reflect on today – we should try...

Good morning dear friends. Please join Br Carl Peter who is ‘an Oblate from Dublin, currently studying in Rome. Today’s passage of Scripture is very important to each and every one of us as a reminder of our shared role in the missionary activity of the church, which Pope Francis himself says is a shared...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Padraig Corcoran, from Dublin. The Gospel reading today is from the book of Mark, and is about the Pharisees asking Jesus for a sign. Padraig talks about the importance of seeing the signs of God in everyday life. Let us not be like the Pharisees, whose eyes...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Padraig Corcoran, from Dublin. The Gospel reading today is from the book of Matthew. Padraig reflects on the importance of loving God and loving ourselves. We are meant to be a people, a community, a faith of love. Let us wear our love on our sleeves, bringing...

Dear friends, happy feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes to you all! We have completed our 9 days of prayer in honour of Our Lady and today we celebrate her feast day. We join Mary O’Brien of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team for morning prayer in Sanctuary of Lourdes, and today Mary reflects on...