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Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 30th
Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Mary O’Brien of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team for our morning prayer together. Rescue us, Lord, out of the mire; may we not sink. Let not the floodwaters overwhelm us, nor the abyss swallow us up. Let your saving help, Lord, protect us. We will praise your name...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 29th
Good morning – today we join Mary Tyrrell of the Oblate Partners in Mission team once more for our morning prayer together. Today is the Feast of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Today’s gospel creates a familiar scene – a family gathering together during a time of great sadness. Mary shares a time where she...
The Art of Accompaniment
No more shouting David Wells is a well-known speaker in Catholic circles, having been all around the world giving inspiring talks to groups large and small, and we were recently blessed to have him at our retreat centre in Crewe. This July, a group of 20 of us took part in a retreat on the...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 28th
Good morning – today we join Mary Tyrrell of the Oblate Partners in Mission team for our morning prayer together. Clay being formed by the hands of a the potter is an image often repeated about in the bible when the writer wants to talk about the relationship between God and God’s people. The potter...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 27th
Good morning – Maidin maith! We join Teresa Gallagher once more for today’s prayer. Teresa is a native of Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Ireland. In these times, many of us are in a frenzied mode at work, at home and in society. This is in no way taking from the huge sacrifices people make for family friends and...
Watch back: Oblate Lay Associations Congress 2022
Many years planning and preparation went into the organisation of OLAC 2022 – bringing together all those people connected to the Oblate family around the world to share how we live as “Oblate People”. At a global level, three live-streamed online session were broadcast from the Oblate General House in Rome which hosted fantastic presentations...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 26th
Good morning – Maidin maith! We join Teresa Gallagher for today’s prayer. Teresa is a native of Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Ireland – a beautiful county well worth visiting to witness the splendour of Gods creation. The reading we spend some time reflecting on this morning is about an earthen vessel and the extraordinary treasure it...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: July 25th
You are welcome to join Sr Anne Petit in London for our morning prayer. Sr Anne is a member Congregation of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and their convent is in St John’s Wood, London. Today is the feast day of Saint James the apostle. ‘He said to them, “You will indeed...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Friday July 22nd
Mary of Magdala’s message to the disciples and to the world change our understanding of life and death. It changed our whole world view. Let us pray in thanksgiving for the extraordinary courage and giftedness of Mary Magdalene this day. Friends, we invite you to join Jarlath Kivlehan for morning prayer on the...
Morning prayer with the Oblate Family: July 21st
Good Morning and thank you all for joining our morning reflection today, Thursday July 21st. Today’s prayer is brought to you by Jarlath Kivlehan who is the Finance Officer for the Oblates and lives in Dublin. I believe that God is very present in our world to day and I also believe that he is speaking and delivering many...
