Dear friends on the Feast of All Souls, please join with Mary Tyrell for our morning prayer. Mary is part of the Oblate Partners in Mission team. Today we especially think of and pray for all those who have died. Share with us in an excerpt of this morning’s first reading which offers much comfort...

Good morning everyone, please join Fr Michael this Sunday morning, the feast of All Saints for our morning prayer together. The Beatitudes were lived by the saints and they lifted up the downtrodden because of this. They knew that God revealed his presence in the mercy manifested in the compassion of Jesus. “Happy the merciful:...

Friends, please join Fr Michael in St Michael’s Inchicore for this morning’s time of prayer together. Today’s first reading gives us a deep understanding of Christ which comes from Paul’s heart. “Christ is proclaimed; and that makes me happy; and I shall continue being happy, because I know this will help to save me, thanks...

The month of November is the month where we remember in our thoughts and prayers all those who have gone before us, and in a particular way, those who have gone home to God since this time last year.  And while 2020 has seen many challenges and difficulties, it has been a particularly difficult time...

Bilateral Meeting between the Taoiseach and Catholic Church Leaders   The Taoiseach yesterday evening (28 October) met with leaders of the Catholic Church – Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop Michael Neary, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly SMA and Bishop Dermot Farrell. Discussion focused mainly on the effect which the current Covid-19 restrictions are having on...

Join Joyce once more from St Mary’s in Leith for our morning prayer together. We hear about how Jesus spent the night in prayer for strength that he needed for all that was to follow, and we too are invited to think about how prayer can help us in our lives. “People tormented by unclean...

Dear friends please join Joyce in Edinburgh for a short morning prayer and reflection. Joyce reminds us that no matter how small our faith is, it takes time to grow and to allow God into our lives. God has a plan for all of us, his love has no limits. “Jesus said, ‘What is the...

Join Veronica Halloran in St Mary’s Star of the Sea, Leith, Edinburgh for today’s prayer. Today’s gospel reminds us to ask ourselves are we thankful for the many blessings in our daily lives? “When Jesus saw her he called her over and said, ‘Woman, you are rid of your infirmity’ and he laid his hands...

Good morning friends, please join Fr Martin this Sunday 25th October for our time of prayer and reflection, meditating briefly on today’s gospel. ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.’ – Matthew 22 We...

Dear friends, join Rosemary once more in St Mary’s Star of the Sea Parish, Leith, Edinburgh for our time of prayer together on Saturday October 24th. “If we live by the truth and in love, we shall grow in all ways into Christ, who is the head by whom the whole body is fitted and...