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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...
Morning Prayer with the Oblates: Thursday August 25th
Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Thursday August 25th. We invite you to join Theresa Codd, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus tells his disciples to stay awake and alert for the coming of...
20 Inspiring Quotes by Saint Bernadette
Bernadette is a young French saint whose life and legacy has touched the lives of people all over the world. She is, of course, best known for a series of Marian apparitions in Lourdes, where Mary asked for a chapel to be built near the cave grotto. The Story of Lourdes > She also said...
Morning Prayer with the Oblates: Wednesday August 24th
Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Wednesday August 24th. We invite you to join Theresa Codd, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of John, and is about the time when Philip introduced Nathaniel to Jesus. Jesus sees us...
Morning Prayer with the Oblates: Tuesday August 23rd
Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Tuesday August 23rd. We invite you to join Martina Cooley, of the Kairos Community Trust, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew. In reality, appearances aren’t everything, yet we are often attracted to something,...