Friends, on today’s feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, we join Gerard Bennett of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team for morning prayer from the Grotto in Lourdes, a holy place where Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette on this day 164 years ago.   Although the pandemic has prevented us from going on pilgrimage to Lourdes,...

Friends, good morning. We are delighted to be able to pray with you from Our Lady’s Grotto in Lourdes, France. It is wonderful to be back in Lourdes once more and to bring your prayers and petitions to the Shrine here in France. Join us over the next few days ahead of Our Lady’s Feast...

Friends, good morning. We are delighted to be able to pray with you from Our Lady’s Grotto in Lourdes, France. It is wonderful to be back in Lourdes once more and to bring your prayers and petitions to the Shrine here in France. Join us over the next few days ahead of Our Lady’s Feast...

Good morning friends we join Fr Liam at the Grotto in Inchicore, Dublin for our morning prayer on Day Seven of our Novena. Our Lady of Lourdes is patroness of the sick, so, in a particular way, we invite you to join us praying for those who are experiencing ill health of mind, spirit or...

We join Fr Tom Devereux OMI in Kilburn for today’s morning prayer on Day Six of our novena. This morning we reflect on the Presentation of the Lord. Thank you all for continuing to join us each day.   Our Lady of Lourdes is patroness of the sick, so, in a particular way, we invite...

We join the pupils of St Mary’s Catholic School, in the parish of Immaculate Heart of Mary, West Kilburn, London, for today’s morning prayer on Day Five of our novena. This morning we reflect on the finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple. Thank you to these wonderful students, their teachers and to Fr...

Good morning friends, we join Fr Terry Murray OMI of the Oblate Parishes of Kilburn, London for our morning prayer on Day Four of our Novena. Today we reflect on the Flight of Joseph and Mary, along with the child Jesus, into Egypt.   Our Lady of Lourdes is patroness of the sick, so, in...

Good morning friends we join Fr Liam at the Grotto in Inchicore, Dublin for our morning prayer on Day Three of our Novena. Our Lady of Lourdes is patroness of the sick, so, in a particular way, we invite you to join us praying for those who are experiencing ill health of mind, spirit or...

Friends, on day two of our Lourdes Novena, we join Br Michael Moore OMI for our morning prayer and reflection. As part of our morning prayer, Br Michael reflects on the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. “In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill...

  Friends, on day one of our Lourdes Novena, we join Br Michael Moore OMI for our morning prayer and reflection. As part of our morning prayer, Br Michael reflects on the theme, With Mary as our companion”. “Do not be afraid.” – Luke 1.26-38 Mary is called personally by her name. She is naturally...