Friends, we join Kirk Jacob in London for our morning prayer. Visualising the temple, Kirk reflects on the feisty and enraged Jesus, noticing the money changers and sellers exploiting the poor in the temple, and going into full confrontation with temple leaders, some of whom were scandalised by what Jesus said… Jesus went into the...

Friends, you are invited to join us for our Oblate Family morning prayer, today we join with Theresa once more for our prayer on Thursday 18th of November. Jesus is heartbroken over the faith of the inhabitants of Jerusalem and over their unwillingness to embrace his kingdom message of peace. What things break your heart?...

Friends, you are invited to join us for our Oblate Family morning prayer with Theresa Codd in England. “While the people were listening, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they imagined that the kingdom of God was going to show itself then and there.” Luke 19:11-2 Jesus in...

Friends, you are invited to join us for our Oblate Family morning prayer with Caroline Shevelan in England. We reflect on the familiar gospel story of the meeting of Jesus and Zacchaeus. “When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”...

Friends, you are invited to join us for our Oblate Family morning prayer with Caroline Shevelan in England. Take time this morning to participate in an immersive reflection on the important message of today’s gospel and ask yourself the same question Jesus asked of the blind man “what is you want me to do for...

Dear friends, you are invited to join us for our Oblate Family morning prayer with Christine Hunt in Holyhead, Anglesey. We live in anxious times. Many of us are anxious about viruses, variants, climate change and ageing. Jesus lived during an anxious time too. This Sunday’s gospel is a complex tapestry. Jesus’ lifeline was his...

You are invited to join us for our Oblate Family morning prayer today, November 13th. And the Lord said ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? Now will not God see justice done to his chosen who cry to him day and night even when he delays to help them? I promise you,...

Friends, we join Mary Tyrell for our short morning prayer and reflection. Mary is a member of the Oblate Partners in Mission team and is based in England. “Anyone who tries to preserve his life will lose it; and anyone who loses it will keep it.” From Luke 17:26-3 The stories of Noah, the Flood,...

Good morning friends, please join Fr Eduardo in the Oblate mission of Darndale-Belcamp, North Dublin, for our prayer together today on Thursday November 11th. Your word, O Lord, for ever   stands firm in the heavens: your truth lasts from age to age,   like the earth you created. – Psalm 118 We pray for all our...

Good morning friends, we invite you to join us for a short morning reflection. Today we join with Gerard Bissett in Dublin. Like the other nine in today’s gospel, perhaps many of us too forget to give thanks to God for all the good things in our lives, a roof over our heads, fresh water...