“You are my friends if you do what I command you… What I command you is to love one another. I chose You…” The gospel of John To be called a friend means to be welcomed, valued and accepted – to feel safe. We will all have experienced at some time the power of welcome,...

We join Pauline Thomas on the island of Anglesey for our morning prayer for Tuesday July 13th. Today, Pauline reflects on the beautiful words of Micah – “to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with our God.” We contemplate what this means and how much do we trust God in our daily lives,...

Mary suggests that today’s Gospel (Mt10:34-11:1) is, at first reading, difficult to understand. However, the words of a hymn she learned many years ago might give an insight into the message that lies within for all of us: “O Lord, all the world belongs to you, And you are always making all things new. What...

Join Mary O’Brien from Dublin on this, Sunday, July 11 as she leads us in our Morning Prayer. Mary reads from the Gospel of the day, Mark 6:7-13. In the Gospel, Jesus instructs the Apostles as he sends them out two by two. They are to take nothing with them except their sandals. Where they...

Join Pat Hughes, a Friend of St Eugene from Birkenhead, for Morning Prayer on Saturday, July 10 Our Gospel today is from Mt 10:24-33, and Pat points out that it includes phrases and sentiments with which we are all familiar, such as, “be not afraid” reminding us that “even the hairs on your head have...

Join with Pat Hughes, one of the Friends of St Eugene from Birkenhead for Morning Prayer on Friday, July 9. Pat takes as her theme the Psalm from the readings of today’s Mass. Psalm 37 tells us that, “the salvation of the just comes from the Lord” and in response, Pat poses the question: “who...

Join Theresa Codd from Birkenhead for Thursday’s Morning Prayer (July 8) We join Theresa as she leads us in our Morning Prayer today. Theresa reads from today’s Gospel (Mt 10:7-15) in which Jesus instructs the Apostles as they set out on their missionary work. He instructs them to tell people that God’s kingdom is close...

Maeve Canavan from Darndale Belcamp leads our Morning Prayer for Wednesday, July 7. Maeve reflects on today’s Gospel reading (Mt 10:1-7) where Jesus calls each of the twelve apostles by name. In the Gospel, Jesus instructs the apostles not to go to the pagan territories. Maeve brings this instruction up to date, suggesting that Jesus...

Join with the Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary from Clontarf, Dublin for Morning Prayer on Tuesday, July 6. Srs Noreen, Lumay, and Anne remind us first, that today is the feast of St Maria Goretti, who, in her dying moment after the attack on her, forgave her attacker. She is an example of...

Join Fr Eduardo Nunez OMI for Morning Prayer today, Monday, July 5. Eduardo reads from today’s Gospel (Mt 9:18-26) which tells the story of the healing of the daughter of the synagogue official, Jairus, and of the healing of the woman who needed only to touch the cloak of Jesus to know that she would...