We join Aidan Pidgeon, from Clondalkin, Dublin, at the Oblate parish of Lady of the Wayside in. Bluebell, Dublin. We continue our 8 days of meditation on the gifts of the Holy Spirit with members of Bluebell parish. The gift of the Holy Spirit for today is counsel – to warn us of the deceits...

Mary Murphy has been a parishioner of the Oblate parish of Lady of the Wayside in. Bluebell, Dublin for 50 years and is also a member of the Legion of Mary. Today we join Mary for our morning prayer and we continue our 8 days of meditation on the gifts of the Holy Spirit with...

Dear friends, today we join Lorraine Lorenzo for our morning prayer on Thursday, July 22nd as we continue our 8 days of prayer with the Oblate Parish of Our Lady of the Wayside in Bluebell, Dublin on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Each day is an invitation to rediscover and deepen our understanding of...

Dear friends, from today and for the next 7 days together with Fr Dominik, Lorraine, Aidan, Mary, Patricia, Sylvia and Peter of Our Lady of the Wayside parish church in Bluebell, Dublin, and we are going to pray every morning, meditating on the passage of ours daily Gospel readings. Each of these days is also...

Today’s reading is a reading of our salvation, a powerful one that tells us that our Lord is always with us whatever we are going through, whatever adversities there may be, our Lord will never forsake us if only we call on his name. We join Lynn Kyei Poakwah, a member of the Oblate Parish...

Reflecting on today’s reading from the book of Exodus, we are reassured that our Lord of holiness, healing and mercies would never abandon us. Whatever each one of us is facing, let us seek the Lord for his help in our lives and be at peace, asking him to come to our aid in all...

Dear friends, we apologise for the audio issues with this morning’s prayer – we have resolved those and now present to you today’s morning prayer albeit at a later time. Thank you for your understanding! Today we find the apostles returning from the missionary works. Worn out and hungry, Jesus invites them to rest in...

Very often in the gospels the writers tell us that Jesus’ actions are fulfilling prophecies from earlier pieces of the scriptures. In today’s gospel, we see that Jesus always has followers – and he always cures and cares for them – and that Isaiah’s prophecies are being fulfilled.   Perhaps like Patsy, you too have...

Friends, join Fr Frank in Colwyn Bay once more for morning prayer on Friday July 16th. We begin our reflection this morning to take a moment to become aware of how we are doing in ourselves today – how is your form for today, what is your attitude when facing the day? We bear this...

Join Fr Frank Ryan OMI who is based in St Joseph’s Parish, North Wales for our morning prayer today, July 15th which is the feast of Saint Bonaventure, an Italian Franciscan priest and theologian who was born 800 years ago in 1221. Fr Frank also shares with us a beautiful prayer written by the Saint....