Friends, we join Pauline Thomas who works in the Oblate Mission on the island of Anglesey in Wales. ‘Planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth, until knowing the love of Christ which is beyond all...

Good morning. We join Pauline in Anglesey for morning prayer on Friday October 15th, Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila, mystic and doctor of the church. Today’s scripture from Saint Paul speaks about those having difficulty in prayer. Both he and St Teresa speak of having patience with ourselves. Saint Teresa said “Prayer in my...

We join Mary Tyrell in England for morning prayer. ‘Jesus said: “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.’ – Luke 11:47-54 Today’s gospel is difficult to...

We join Lisa and Donncha in Dublin for our morning prayer. We join together as an Oblate family, in prayer and in support for one another wherever we are. Today’s reflection is on the scripture passage where Peter, in the storm, reaches out in faith and walks to Jesus across the water, and he begins...

Good morning dear friends, we invite you to join Pat Hughes in her home in Birkenhead, England, for our morning prayer on this Tuesday, October 12th. “Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside? But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually...

Pat Hughes brings today’s morning prayer to you from her home in Birkenhead, England. Have you ever wished God would give you a sign from heaven? Many of us do. Jesus wants us to seek him through the gift of faith. Jesus’ death and resurrection is the sign that has been given and is being...

Good morning friends, we join Patsy Thomas in her home in Beaumaris on the Island of Anglesey, Wales for our morning prayer on this Sunday, October 10th. Reflecting on the beginning of the Church Synod in Rome, Patsy shares with us a bit of background and insights into this synodal process that we will we...

Good morning friends, we join Patsy Thomas in her home in Beaumaris on the Island of Anglesey, Wales for our morning prayer. In England and Wales, today is the feast day of Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman, who, on this day in 1845 was received into the Catholic faith. Gospel: Luke 11:27-28 While Jesus was...

We join the Oblate parish of St Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay in North Wales for our morning prayer. Today’s prayer is presented by Wendy and Amy. In today’s readings, Beelzebub, a name the Jews used to refer to Satan. However, the finger of God protects and guides us, and dispels that which would divide us and...

We join the Oblate parish of St Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay in North Wales for our morning prayer. Today’s prayer is presented by Jane and Lois. “‘So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one...