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Christmas Blessings and Greetings from the Oblates!
Fr Johnson, Fr Pashal, Fr Tom and Fr Ray all wish you a very happy and blessed Christmas wherever you are. Join for a few minutes of prayer this Christmas day as we celebrate with joy the birth of Christ our Lord!

Morning Prayer for Christmas Day 2020
Merry Christmas to you from the Oblate Community and Family in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales! We pray that you and your loved ones have a peaceful, happy, blessed and joy-filled Christmas day wherever you are watching this from. Join our province leader Fr Oliver Barry OMI for today’s morning prayer on this great feast...

Christmas Eve at 5pm: Prayers and Carols at the Crib in Kilburn
Dear friends, join Fr Terry online at 5pm with the parishioners and children of the Sacred Heart Parish, in Quex Road, Kilburn, London, for prayers and Christmas Carols at the Crib. We place the Baby Jesus in the Crib with Mary and Joseph on Christmas Night and we join together in hope and faith as...

Morning prayer for Christmas Eve
This morning we invite you to join with Lisa, Donncha and Baby Michael for our morning reflection – set aside a few quiet moments for prayer on this busy day for many of us. We are reminded of the light of Christ coming into the world on this great night – and we are invited...

Morning Prayer video: Wednesday December 23rd
Christmas is almost here! As we enter into the final day or so of Advent, we invite you to join Pádraig for our short reflection – with a scripture reading by Clíodhna, and finishing with a rendition of the beautiful carol “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Chris – members of the Oblate Youth Service. The...

Mission With Youth Advent Series: Week 4
Fourth Week: The Lord is With Us! Theme: The Lord is with us! (Luke 1:26-38) In the last meditation prepared by Therese, Jenny, Adalbert, Gerard and Fr Dominick, the Oblate Mission with Youth invites us to stop and meditate for a while on the words Archangel Gabriel spoke to Mary: “Do not be afraid.”...

Morning Prayer Tuesday December 22nd
Thank you to Julian King of the Kairos Community Trust for bravely sharing his story of resilience and hope with us this morning and for leading us today in our reflection in the final days of Advent. Today’s video comes to you from a very busy house of the Kairos Community Trust in London. Kairos...

Morning Prayer Monday December 21st
Hi everyone, we invite you to join Fr Dominick for our morning prayer today, on this Monday of the last week of Advent. Today we are reminded how we as Christians of are called to serve others, like Jesus did, with humility. Jesus came to serve, not to be served. Thanks for joining us this...

Morning Prayer: Sunday December 20th
The fourth and final Sunday in Advent – we are getting closer to the great feast of Christmas, let us wait with joy for the birth of the Christ-child. Join Fr Dominick in Bluebell for our morning reflection today. We ask for the special intercession of Saint Francis for all of us, the church and...

Morning Prayer Saturday December 19th
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...