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Morning Prayer with the Oblates, Palm Sunday March 28th

We join Mossie Lyons in London for morning prayer on Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. Jesus went to Jerusalem to fulfil the mission laid out for him by the Father. As we begin this holy week leading up to the great celebration of Easter, we trust that in our own lives that...

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Morning Prayer with the Oblates, Saturday March 27th

We join Sr Bernadette Purcell once more for today’s prayer. Bernadette is a member of the Presentation Sisters and is chaplain in TU Dublin (Technical University Dublin). “The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.” – Jeremiah 31 Today’s scripture reading is one that is full of hope and confidence in the...

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Morning Prayer with the Oblates, Friday March 26th

We join Sr Bernadette in Dublin for today’s prayer. Bernadette is a member of the Presentation Sisters and works in chaplaincy in Dublin Universities. Who is your rock, refuge, your stronghold in time of need? What image of God do you have when you are in need? #morningprayer #lent #storm #refuge

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7 ways to make holy week

7 Ways to make Holy Week at home

Seven ways you can bring Holy Week and the Easter Triduum to your home For many of us, we are facing a Holy Week and Easter where we cannot attend the Holy Week and Easter Ceremonies in person. It is a strange and sad time to not be able to celebrate our usual Easter liturgies...

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Morning Prayer with the Oblates: Feast of the Annunciation, Thursday March 25th

You are welcome to Mary O’Brien in Dublin for our morning prayer on the feast day of the Annunciation of The Lord. “And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. Know this too: your kinswoman Elizabeth has, in her old age, herself conceived a son, and she whom people...

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Morning Prayer with the Oblates, Wednesday March 24th

This week, as we mark one year since we have been living with the pandemic restrictions, we in the Oblate Family would like today to celebrate a different milestone: 1 year of our daily online morning prayer together! It has been a year of great challenges but we have been delighted to be able to pray online...

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Morning Prayer with the Oblates, Tuesday March 23rd

Join us for morning prayer with Mary O’Brien in Tallaght. Mary shares her own personal experience of spending time with a close friend who was very ill with cancer these past six months and has now gone home to God. Jesus knows what is to come. He is turning his mind to the events of...

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friends of saint eugene renewal commitment

Friends of Saint Eugene, Towerhill renew their commitment virtually

Every year, the Friends of Saint Eugene groups would, in “normal” times, renew their commitment to the work and charism of Saint Eugene on or around the Oblate Feast Day of February 17th, marking the anniversary of the formal approval of the Rules and Constitution of the Oblate Community by the Pope at that time...

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morning prayer march 22nd

Morning Prayer with the Oblates, Monday March 22nd

Join us for morning prayer with Fr Dominick of Our Lady of the Wayside, Bluebell Parish. “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, sir.’ And Jesus said, ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”’ – John 8:11 Image: The_Woman taken...

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Morning Prayer with the Oblates, Sunday March 21st, 5th Sunday of Lent

Today we are joined by Louise Fitzgerald who works with Kairos Community Trust in London. In the gospel reading, Jesus foretells the manner of his own death, speaking about a grain of wheat dying and then producing many seeds. The same patterns of loss and renewal can be seen in the changing of the seasons,...

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