Please join with Pat Hughes in Birkenhead, England, for our reflection this Saturday. The angel  Gabriel appeared to both Mary and Zechariah, and their reactions, while appearing similar, their hearts may have felt differently to the startling news the angel brought to each of them.  “But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah, for...

Join Pat in Birkenhead, England, for our reflection this Friday. St Joseph is a man we know little about but think about the importance of his role in salvation history. He was entrusted with the son of God as his little child… “‘And he will be called Emmanuel, which means ‘God-is-with-us.’ So when Joseph woke...

Friends, we invite you to join with Mossie Lyons of the Kairos Community Trust in London for our morning prayer. Our reflection this morning asks us to think about our own family, our history and fond memories, and to pray for those that we are missing at this time of year. Kairos Community Trust is...

DECEMBER 17 – The day of Beatification of the Blessed Oblate Martyrs of Spain Let us join the LIVE DISCUSSION which will be streamed on the OMI World Facebook page. Available to watch at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/omiworld.org   DATE AND TIME: December 17 Ireland/UK – 2pm Rome/Madrid/Abuja – 3 PM Johannesburg/Roma – 4 PM...

Join Alexa for our morning reflection. Today’s scripture reminds us to trust, even when it is hard to do so, as it so often can be. Surrender our anxieties and needs to the Lord can be a difficult thing to do, but we must learn to trust over the course of our lives that the...

Hello, Friends! On the third week of Advent, together with Father Eduardo, Maria and Maveth we continue our journey towards the Christmas Day. Like in the last week, today also Saint John the Baptist helps us to prepare the way for the Lord. This week is quite challenging though – he says that he came...

Memorial: December 16  Laos presents to Christianity its “Witnesses of the Faith in the 20th century,” 17 men who died as martyrs between 1954 and 1970: a young Laotian priest, 5 priests of the Foreign Missions of Paris, 6 Oblates of Mary Immaculate—an Italian and 5 French, 5 Laotian laymen. The beatification ceremony for all...

Friends, please join Alexa in Towerhill, London, for our reflection video this morning. Alexa shares a song and meditation to help us on our Advent journey as we draw closer to Christmas. Thank you for joining with us today. Please click “subscribe” on our youtube channel to help us grow our audience and share the...

Dear Friends, please join Frankie in Scotland for our morning reflection as we begin the third week of Advent. We reflect on Advent, a time of waiting, in this extended time of waiting during lockdown and restrictions which had tested our patience in this long wait… Thanks for joining us today.

Dear Friends please join Mary O’Brien of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage team for morning prayer on this third Sunday of Advent – also known as Gaudete Sunday – which means “rejoice”. Today’s reflection focusses on this theme of rejoicing as we pray the reading from today’s mass through a beautiful song. “The spirit of the...