Good morning dear friends! We join Fr Vimal once again in Saint Joseph’s Parish, Colwyn Bay for morning prayer. Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Claire of Assisi. How do we pray? How much time to give to prayer? How is the quality of our prayer life? Do we have a prayer life?  Claire...

Good morning dear friends! We join Fr Vimal in Saint Joseph’s Parish, Colwyn Bay for morning prayer. Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Laurence, patron saint of the poor and of cooks. Let us ask Laurence to intercede for us and our families. A beautiful sentence for our reflection from today’s first reading: “Each...

On behalf of the core team charged with planning and organising the participation of lay people associated with the Oblates of the Anglo Irish Province in the recent Oblate Lay Associations Congress, we would like to thank you very sincerely for the very many ways in which you engaged with the Congress and the pre-Congress...

Good morning dear friends! We join Fr Frank once in Wales – in Saint Joseph’s Parish, Colwyn Bay for morning prayer. Today we celebrate the Feast of Theresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein. She was born into a practising Jewish family, who loved her and supported her as she continued in...

Dear friends, good morning and we invite you to join Fr Frank Ryan OMI in Colwyn Bay, North Wales for our morning prayer today Monday August 8th. Fr Frank is in the Oblate Parish of Saint Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay. Today is the feast day of Saint Dominic. “This great saint reminds us that in the...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Heidi Schofield, from Holyhead, for our morning prayer together. Today’s Gospel reading is from Luke, in which Jesus tells his followers that for those to whom much has been given, much will be expected. Heidi then goes on to quote C. S. Lewis, from his book ‘Mere Christianity’, on...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Heidi Schofield, from Holyhead, for our morning prayer together. Today’s Gospel reading is from Luke, and is of the transfiguration of Jesus. May we someday see the splendor of Jesus as Peter, John and James did on top of the mountain. Perhaps we’d react in a similar way to...

Today we join a group of young people and members of the Oblates who are currently attending the Mission with Youth Experience in the place where Saint Eugene de Mazenod and friends began our community – the place where it all began. We hope you enjoy this morning’s short experience and spend a few moments...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Pádraig Corcoran, a Youth Worker from Inchicore, Dublin, for our morning prayer together.   Today’s Gospel reading is from Matthew, when Jesus asks his disciples who he is. Peter answers correctly, that he is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. Jesus then gives Peter the keys to...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Pádraig Corcoran, a Youth Worker from Inchicore, Dublin, for our morning prayer together. Today’s Gospel reading is from Matthew, and details the time in which a Canaanite woman asks Jesus to help his daughter, who is tormented by a demon. In the end, it is her persistence and sure...