Good morning, friends. Today we join Alexa Davies in Towerhill, London for our morning reflection. Have you heard the saying “To err is human to forgive is divine.”? We hear a big ask from Jesus in today’s Scriptures – the issue of forgiveness – a challenging topic for all of us. “Peter went up to...

This morning we join Pádraig for morning prayer. Pádraig is the Oblate Youth Worker in Dublin and is a member of the Oblate Partners in Mission Team.  ‘I tell you solemnly once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in...

Dear friends, we join Pádraig for morning prayer on the feast of Saint Lawrence, August 10th. Saint Laurence was a martyr of the early church, and in today’s gospel we hear about the wheat grain that had to first die to yield a great harvest. Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you, most solemnly,...

Feast of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) Today we join Mary Tyrell for our morning prayer on the feast day of Edith Stein, born in 1891 in Poland. Converting to Catholicism, she became a Discalced Carmelite nun. In 1942, the arrest of all Jewish converts to Christianity was ordered, and Edith and...

We join Lisa and Donncha for our morning prayer. We share today’s gospel where those who hear Jesus’ word struggle with what he means – “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of...

Friends, this morning we join Christine once more on the island of Anglesey for our reflection video. Jesus always looked for faith in people, with faith everything is possible. Faith isn’t just listening to Gods’s word, but believing God’s word is working through us. Maybe, faith is confidence to know that God will use us...

Friends, this morning we join Christine Hunt for our reflection video. On the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Jesus’ disciples had a profound encounter where they received a glimpse of Jesus as the Son of God. “Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son,...

Good morning friends. Today, Thursday August 5th, we join Mary Tyrell in her home in England for morning prayer. Mary is a member of the Oblate Partners in Mission Team. 

But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up, ‘You are the Christ,’ he said, ‘the Son of the...

We join Lisa and Donncha for our morning prayer. We share today’s gospel, the story of the great faith of the woman, begging Jesus to help her daughter. The reading speaks about faith, and how the strong faith of the woman brought about healing. We think about the power of a mother’s cry to the...

We join Mary Ryan in Sacred Heart church, Quex Road, Kilburn for our morning prayer today, August 3rd. 
In today’s gospel, it is the first time that the disciples truly recognise Jesus as the Son of God. For us, Jesus wants us to know he is the source of our strength, our comfort. We will...