August 26th: Join with Eileen McLaughlin in Towerhill, London, a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene, for a short prayer on this the feast day of Blessed Dominic Barbieri an Italian theologian and a member of the Passionist Congregation prominent in spreading Catholicism in England. He contributed to the conversion of John Henry Newman. 

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! … You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!” – Today’s gospel offers us an opportunity to think about our day – Lord guide us to notice what upsets us and what we neglect. Join Fr Michael O’Connor OMI in Darndale for our short prayer this morning.

Today is the feast of Saint Bartholomew – it is thought that he was also known by the name of Nathanael whom we hear about in today’s gospel reading (John 1:45-5). Fr Martin adds a short reflection on this piece of scripture in this morning’s prayer for August 24th.   

This Sunday morning, we gather with Fr Martin Moran OMI from the Oblate parish of St Mary’s, Star of the Sea in Leith, outside of Edinburgh, Scotland. Martin invites us to reflect on today’s Gospel (Mt 16:13-20). And in this Gospel, we hear Jesus ask his disciples: “But you, who do you say that I...

Mary reflects on the message from today’s Gospel (Mt 23:1-12) and how we must be wary of those whose message is one of hypocrisy, “You must therefore do and observe what they tell you; but do not be guided by what they do, since they do not practise what they preach.” She quotes a line...

Born on 25 September 1942, at Garvahullion, Drumquin, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Frank was the eldest of a family of one girl and five boys. The family moved to Harold’s Cross, Dublin when he was very young. He remembered his early years as a time of working hard, helping his father with daily milk rounds and...

Our Morning Prayer is led today by Mary O’Brien, a senior member of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage team. Mary lives in Dublin. Today is the feast of Pope St Pius X (1835 – 1914). Mary reads from the Gospel of the day (Mt 22:34-40) where we hear Jesus answer, when questioned about which is the...

We join this morning with Kirk Jacob, an Oblate Adult Faith Worker based in London, for our Morning Prayer reflection. Today is the feast of St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153), patron saint of bees and beekeepers. Kirk draws from a part of the first reading in today’s Mass when he reads from Ezekiel...

With gather for our Morning Prayer reflection today with Pádraig Corcoran who leads our Oblate Youth Service. Pádraig reflects on today’s Gospel (Mt 20:1-16) where we listen to the Word of God as Jesus tells us the story of the vineyard owner who goes out many times during the day to find workers and then,...

We join with Mary Tyrrell of the Oblate Partners in Mission team for our short prayer time this morning. Mary reflects on the words of today’s Gospel (Mt 19:23-30) in which is contained God’s promise of eternal life for those who follow Him. Mary reminds us powerfully that, as we gather this very morning, there...