Dear friends, join Jarlath in Dublin for morning prayer today. In the UK, the Feasts of All Saints is celebrated today. In Ireland, we celebrate that feast tomorrow on 1st November. In ancient times the last day of October was a popular day for festivals – at the close of the harvest. The old Irish...

Friends, this morning we join Jarlath Kivlehan at the Oblate House of Retreat, Tyrconnell Road, Dublin. Jarlath is the Oblate finance administrator and is based in Dublin. “But when you are invited – sit in the lowest place. So when the host comes he will say to you –‘Friend move up higher’ then you will...

We join Fr Terry Murray OMI of the parish team in Kilburn for our prayer today. This morning we reflect on the diversity of our communities. In Kilburn, we have just celebrated the International Mass in Sacred Heart Church, and we will celebrate an International Mass in Immaculate Heart of Mary, West Kilburn this coming...

We join Lynn Kyei Poakwah, a member of the Oblate Parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in West Kilburn for morning prayer on Thursday October 28th. The gospels warns us that as Christians we are not automatically entitled to enter the kingdom of God and dine with him unless we are in fellowship with...

Good morning friends, we invite you to join Ann Marie Sylvester Charles in the Sacred Heart Church, Quex Road in Kilburn for our Oblate Family Morning Prayer. Where do you see yourself in today’s gospel story? Would you be the one to answer Jesus? Do you welcome your brother and sister from a far away...

We join Mary Ryan, a parishioner of the Oblate Parishes in Kilburn London, for morning prayer. By our baptism we are all called to help build God’s kingdom here on earth in our lives. We have many opportunities to do this if we can only recognise them and act on them. Small acts of kindness...

Unfortunately we are unable to bring you the scheduled morning prayer for this morning. However, we revisit a previous reflection (October 26th 2020) with Veronica Halloran of St Mary’s Star of the Sea, Leith, Edinburgh for today’s prayer, as she reflects on the gospel reading from today’s mass, Luke 13: 10-17. “When Jesus saw her...

Sr Margaret is a member of the congregation of the Holy Family of Bordeaux and is based in Kilburn, London. The Holy Family sisters and the Oblate Community have had close links since the foundation of both congregations. In today’s scripture, Jesus says to Bartimaeus, a blind beggar,  “What do you want me to do for...

Sr Kathleen O’Brien, is a member of the Sisters of Mercy Congregation founded by Catherine MacCauley in Dublin and is a member of the Oblate parish of Sacred Heart, Quex Road in Kilburn. Sr Kathleen reflects today on creation and how we treat the earth, and reads some words of Pope Francis from his encyclical...

Fr. David Muñoz, OMI A year ago, the Kusenberger Chair of Oblate Studies embarked on a new initiative. The Chair sought to provide an enrichment course on the life, mission, and spirituality of St. Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Missionary Oblates and of a larger missionary charismatic family. It is called “Eugene de Mazenod...