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Every Wednesday at 7pm: Reflection Evening with Art
Come and join us every Wednesday from 7 – 8 pm Express yourself in a light-hearted way through various forms of creativity and reflection. No experience is required – All are very welcome. Materials are provided but feel free to use your own. Join in person: Oblate Retreat & Spirituality Centre De Mazenod House, 62...
Advent, a time of Hope: Daily Morning Prayer and Reflection, December 1st
Friends, you are invited to join Fr Lorcan in the Oblate Retreat Centre, Wistaston Hall, Crewe for morning prayer on the 1st of December. In today’s scripture text we see a beautiful example of Jesus’ compassion and tenderness. In his reflection on this text, Pope Francis invites us to try and imagine this scene in...
Advent a time of Hope: Daily Morning Prayer and Reflection, November 30th
Good Morning friends. In this first week of Advent, we join Father Dominik of the Oblate parish of Our Lady of the Wayside in Dublin once more for our morning prayer. He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him....
Advent a time of Hope: Daily Morning Prayer and Reflection, November 29th
Friends, please join Fr Dominik in Our Lady of the Wayside Parish for morning prayer together on this first Monday of Advent as we reflect on the gospel reading from today’s mass where Jesus hears the prayers of the centurion… We read about a Roman soldier, a pagan, who comes to seek Our Lord’s aid....
Advent Daily Reflective Slides – sign up to receive by email
As things start to get back to normal, after a very difficult two years, we find ourselves starting again the beautiful season of Advent, the season to prepare for the birth of our Saviour. During this Holy Season, we would like to share with you a short reflective slide each day with a quote from...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family – Sunday November 28th, 1st Sunday of Advent
Good Morning. Ann Marie Sisson is praying with each one of us this first Sunday of Advent from the Oblate parish of Our Lady of the Wayside in Dublin. Today we enter Advent tide, a new liturgical year, in which we meditate upon the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, beginning with Advent in which...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family – Friday November 27th
Good morning, let us join Lorraine Lorenzo, a parishioner, and member the Legion of Mary at Bluebell Parish, Dublin, for our short time of prayer and reflection today. “Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.”...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family – Friday November 26th
Good morning, let us join Kay Heart in Bluebell, Dublin for our short time of prayer and reflection today. “Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” – Saint Luke (21:29-33) In...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family – Thursday November 25th
We join Patrick O’Donoghue at Legion of Mary Headquarters in Dublin this morning for our prayer. Many of us have heard of this organisation and this morning Patrick shares a bit about this lay apostolate which is present in many parishes here and around the world. When the Legion of Mary members go out to...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family – November 24th, Memorial of St Andrew Dung-Lac
This morning we join Mary Murphy, President of the Legion of Mary in Ireland and overseas from the Legion of Mary Headquarters in Dublin for our morning prayer. Today in the Church we remember blessed and saint martyrs of Vietnam: Andrew Dung-Lac and his 117 companions. “Jesus said to the crowd: “They will seize and...