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Morning Prayer January 6th, Feast of the Epiphany
Good morning friends, happy feast day of the Epiphany of the Lord! We join Olga Slater in London. She reflects on the gospel where we hear that Jesus reads the prophecy of Isaiah from the scrolls in the Synagogue. Some parts of the world have already celebrated the Epiphany on Sunday last, and in some...

Morning Prayer for Wednesday January 5th 2022
Friends, join Mary O’Brien in Dublin for our morning prayer. Mary is a member of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage team. When Jesus dismissed the crowd and went up on the mountain to pray… After the hustle and bustle of Christmas days, it can feel like a good idea to find time to get away by...

Morning Prayer for Tuesday January 4th 2022
Friends, join Mary O’Brien in Dublin for our morning prayer. Mary is a member of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage team. Both readings from today’s mass focus on the love of God. The miracle of the loaves and the fish is an expression of the vastness of Gods love for each one of us. The feeding...

Morning Prayer for Monday January 3rd 2022
Dear friends, we join Fr Lorcan O’Reilly OMI once again for our morning prayer on this Monday of the Second Week of Christmas. John the Baptist is a witness to the light. He prepared the way for the Lord and the first of many witnesses to the Lord. He pointed the way to Jesus, the...

Morning Prayer for Sunday January 2nd 2022
Dear friends, we join Fr Lorcan O’Reilly, director of the Oblate Retreat Centre in Crewe, England, for our morning prayer on this second Sunday of Christmas and the first Sunday of this year 2022. The Feast of the Epiphany is celebrated today in some parts of the world. Today we are reminded that with the...

Morning Prayer for Saturday January 1st Feast of Mary Mother of God
We join Fr Ray Warren OMI, director of the De Mazenod House Retreat and Spirituality Centre, London once more for our New Year’s Day reflection and prayer to begin this year of 2022 on the celebration of Mary the Mother of God. The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the...

Morning Prayer for December 31st, New Year’s Eve
Friends, today is the final day of 2021. It’s been a tumultuous year for many of us. As we ponder over our past twelve months, we join Fr Ray Warren for a short time of prayer, contemplation and reflection in front of the nativity scene in DeMazenod House, Retreat and Spirituality Centre, Tower Hill, London....

Morning Prayer for December 30th, 6th day within the octave of Christmas
Friends, good morning and join Alexa once more in Tower Hill, London, a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene Group at English Martyrs parish, for today’s prayer and reflection on the Scriptures of today’s mass. “Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of...

Morning Prayer for December 29th, Commemoration of St Thomas Becket
Friends, good morning and we continue to wish you a happy Christmas! Today’s morning prayer is with Alexa in Tower Hill, London, a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene Group at English Martyrs parish. Scripture today is very explicit about hate. Hatred has no place in God’s kingdom. With hatred comes unforgiveness, burden and...

Morning Prayer for December 28th, Feast of the Holy Innocents
We join Pádraig Corcoran, who is the Oblate Youth Worker in Dublin, for this morning’s prayer. Today’s gospel is in stark contrast to the spirit of Christmas and embracing the child Jesus, celebrating the birth go Our Lord, God with us – some of the world rejecting Jesus right from the very beginning. We pray...