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Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Sunday 4th September
Good morning everyone, and thank you for joining us today, on Sunday 4th September, for morning prayer. Today, we are with Kathy Barclay, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea, in Leith. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus gives the message that we have to be prepared to give up everything...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Saturday 3rd September
Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Chris Rowlands, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. In it, Jesus is questioned by the Pharisees as to why his disciples are eating and drinking, instead of fasting. Jesus...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Friday 2nd September
Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Chris Rowland, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. It recalls the time when Jesus performed a miracle of fish, with Peter, James and John. The apostles didn’t know about...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Thursday 1st September
Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Veronica Halloran, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus and his disciples eat corn from the fields on the Sabbath – much to the disapproval of the Pharisees....
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Wednesday 31st August
Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Rosemary Gillon, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. It speaks of us as God’s farm. We are fellow workers with God, with different tasks to do. But...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family Tuesday 30th August
Good morning everyone! For the next few day we are joining members of the Oblate parish of Saint Mary’s, Star of the Sea in Leith, Edinburgh. Today we invite you to join Rosemary Gillon for our morning prayer. Today’s gospel tells us that Jesus spoke with authority – authority is a concept that appears throughout...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family Monday 29th August
Good morning everyone you are welcome to join Pauline Thomas once more in the Oblate Centre of Mission on the island of Anglesey for this morning’s prayer. Today is the memorial of the beheading of John the Baptist and our reflection this morning is from the first reading of the memorial. “Stand up and tell...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family Sunday 28th August
Friends, join Pauline Thomas in the Oblate Centre of Mission, Anglesey for this morning’s prayer. Our reflection this morning is on the first reading from Ecclesiasticus. “Be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than a lavish giver. The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly.” This...
Morning Prayer with the Oblates: Saturday August 27th
Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Saturday August 27th. We invite you to join Pat Hughes, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today, on the Feast of Saint Monica, our reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew, and is focused on the parable of...
Morning Prayer with the Oblates: Friday August 26th
Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Friday August 26th. We invite you to join Pat Hughes, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew. In it, the parable of the ten girls with oil lamps is described, five...