We join the Oblate parish of St Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay in North Wales for our morning prayer. Today’s prayer is presented by David and Iola. Prayer is a personal conversation with God and a means of developing a meaningful relationship with the God of the universe. It is how he can work miracles in our...

After five years at the helm of our Sunday Gospel Reflections Brother Michael is taking a sabbatical, a time for him to rest and renew his own energy and passion for the Gospel. Over the years his weekly reflection has enriched, challenged and comforted so many people around the world. Br. Michael has a style...

We join the Oblate parish of St Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay in North Wales for our morning prayer. Today’s prayer is presented by Hamilton Grantham and his daughter, Maya. “But the Lord answered: ‘Martha, Martha,’ he said ‘you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary...

We join the Oblate parish of St Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay in North Wales for our morning prayer. Today’s prayer is presented by Sr Joy and Amy. “Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle...

For the next number of days we will join the Oblate parish of St Joseph’s, Colwyn Bay in North Wales for our morning prayer. Today’s prayer is presented by Fr Frank Ryan OMI. Today we concentrate on the readings of St Paul from this Sunday’s mass. “For the one who sanctifies, and the ones who...

For the next number of days we will join the Oblate parish of St Jospeh’s, Colwyn Bay in North Wales for our morning prayer. Today’s prayer is presented by Tom Maclean and he reflects on the changing of the seasons as we look to Christ to guide us. In today’s gospel, Jesus asks us to...

Good morning. We join Mary O’Brien once more in Dublin. Mary is part of the Oblate Lourdes pilgrimage team. In much the same way as the disciples brought the word of God alive to the people of that time, Jesus still reaches out to us today in the ordinary day to day challenges of our...

Good morning. We join Mary in Dublin, who is part of the Oblate Lourdes pilgrimage team. We thank God that we can continue to gather each morning to pray together, to welcome a new day, and to place in the loving hands of God all those whom we wish to remember in prayer. ‘”Peace to...

We join members of the El Shaddai Catholic Charismatic Community in Edinburgh once more for today’s prayer. We commemorate the feastday of archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael. Gabriel the bearer of good news, Michael our defender, Raphael the healer. We ask their intercession and guidance on all of us. “Jesus said, “Do you believe just...

Today we join members of the El Shaddai Catholic Charismatic Community in Edinburgh. We join them for reflection, music and prayer as we celebrate the feast day of the first Filipino saint, Lorenzo Ruiz, who was martyred in 1637 in Japan and said “I am a Christian and for God I shall give my life.”...