Dear friends, we join Fr Lorcan O’Reilly OMI once again for our morning prayer on this Monday of the Second Week of Christmas. John the Baptist is a witness to the light. He prepared the way for the Lord and the first of many witnesses to the Lord. He pointed the way to Jesus, the...

Dear friends, we join Fr Lorcan O’Reilly, director of the Oblate Retreat Centre in Crewe, England, for our morning prayer on this second Sunday of Christmas and the first Sunday of this year 2022. The Feast of the Epiphany is celebrated today in some parts of the world. Today we are reminded that with the...

We join Fr Ray Warren OMI, director of the De Mazenod House Retreat and Spirituality Centre, London once more for our New Year’s Day reflection and prayer to begin this year of 2022 on the celebration of Mary the Mother of God. The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the...

Friends, today is the final day of 2021. It’s been a tumultuous year for many of us. As we ponder over our past twelve months, we join Fr Ray Warren for a short time of prayer, contemplation and reflection in front of the nativity scene in DeMazenod House, Retreat and Spirituality Centre, Tower Hill, London....

Friends, good morning and join Alexa once more in Tower Hill, London, a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene Group at English Martyrs parish, for today’s prayer and reflection on the Scriptures of today’s mass. “Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of...

Friends, good morning and we continue to wish you a happy Christmas! Today’s morning prayer is with Alexa in Tower Hill, London, a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene Group at English Martyrs parish. Scripture today is very explicit about hate. Hatred has no place in God’s kingdom. With hatred comes unforgiveness, burden and...

We join Pádraig Corcoran, who is the Oblate Youth Worker in Dublin, for this morning’s prayer. Today’s gospel is in stark contrast to the spirit of Christmas and embracing the child Jesus, celebrating the birth go Our Lord, God with us – some of the world rejecting Jesus right from the very beginning. We pray...

We join Robert Altman in Dublin for this morning’s prayer. Robert works as chaplain in Belvedere College Dublin. We take time this morning to remember what it is that we are grateful for in our lives, particularly during these difficult covid days. This morning’s reading on Isaiah is very much on theme of protection, safety,...

We join Mary Tyrrell and her son James once more in Sierra Leone at the home of Laughter Africa. We ask God to bless all families on this feast of the Holy Family. May our homes be a place of welcome to all who cross our front doors. May all our visitors find peace and...

Merry Christmas! We hope you can take time this morning to join Mary Tyrrell, who, instead of presenting from her home in England, is presenting this morning’s prayer from the home of Laughter Africa in Sierra Leone – her son James is the founder of Laughter Africa – a charity which works with street children...