Good morning friends. We join Gerard Bennett in his home in Ireland’s midlands. Gerard is part of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Leadership Team and is also a member of the Hospitalité of Our Lady of Lourdes who volunteer in Our Lady’s Shrine in France. Today’s gospel reminds us that Jesus says; “The last will be...

We join Ros Appleby in Birkenhead, England, as we reflects on the psalm of today’s mass. I will hear what the Lord God has to say,   a voice that speaks of peace. The Lord speaks peace to his people. – Psalm 84(85) How is it that peace seems so elusive? It can sometimes seem out...

We join Ros Appleby in Birkenhead, England, as she reflects on the gospel reading of today’s mass. How can I be perfect when God alone is perfect? The Rich Young Man comes to Jesus, seeking a deeper relationship with God. Though, faithful to God’s commandments as he was, the young man is disturbed and saddened...

Mary was assumed into heaven. Mary was a person, the same as you and me. But what stood out in the ordinariness of this woman’s life? It was to her human ordinariness, her vulnerability, that Simeon spoke to, when he said “a sword of sorrow will pierce your heart” when she presented the infant Jesus...

Good morning to you. We invite you to join Mossie Lyons of the Kairos Community Trust, London, for time of our morning prayer and reflection. Kairos is an organisation who are dedicated to helping homeless men and women with drug and alcohol problems. “Let the little children come to me.” – Matthew 19:13-15 Thank you...

Good morning, friends. Once again, we join Alexa, who is a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene group in Towerhill, London for our morning reflection. This morning we reflect on the psalm from today’s mass, which speaks of the love God has for each and every one of us. It is a song of...

Good morning, friends. Today we join Alexa Davies in Towerhill, London for our morning reflection. Have you heard the saying “To err is human to forgive is divine.”? We hear a big ask from Jesus in today’s Scriptures – the issue of forgiveness – a challenging topic for all of us. “Peter went up to...

This morning we join Pádraig for morning prayer. Pádraig is the Oblate Youth Worker in Dublin and is a member of the Oblate Partners in Mission Team.  ‘I tell you solemnly once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in...

Dear friends, we join Pádraig for morning prayer on the feast of Saint Lawrence, August 10th. Saint Laurence was a martyr of the early church, and in today’s gospel we hear about the wheat grain that had to first die to yield a great harvest. Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you, most solemnly,...

Feast of Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) Today we join Mary Tyrell for our morning prayer on the feast day of Edith Stein, born in 1891 in Poland. Converting to Catholicism, she became a Discalced Carmelite nun. In 1942, the arrest of all Jewish converts to Christianity was ordered, and Edith and...