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Morning Prayer Thursday October 8th
Dear friends, please join Pat Hughes in Birkenhead, England for today’s short prayer and reflection – on a gospel passage that many of us can struggle with, particularly when we might not necessarily receive what it is we think we need… “And so I say to you: ask, and you will receive; seek, and you...

The work of an Oblate during the Spanish Flu
The following article features the work Irish-born member of the Oblate Community – Fr John Flynn OMI during the outbreak of the Spanish Flu. You can read more about him here. Published on Monday 28 September 2020 AUSTRALIA Originally published on www.therecord.com.au / thanks to www.omiworld.org By Odhran O’Brien Over the past few months, the world has grappled to respond...

Morning Prayer 7th October: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary Join Pauline Thomas in Anglesey for our morning prayer on this feast day of Mary. She offers a beautiful reflection focusing on our mother Mary. ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Listen! You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must name...

Morning Prayer: October 6th
Dear friends, please join with Pauline Thomas on the isle of Anglesey for a short reflection on Jesus’ encounter with Martha and Mary. ‘Martha, Martha,’ he said ‘you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part; it is not...

Morning Prayer: October 5th
Join Fr Tom for our morning prayer together on Monday October 5th. Reflecting on today’s gospel reading of the Good Samaritan, Jesus challenges us to make an effort to help somebody. The Samaritan went out of his way to help the injured man. This is the cost of discipleship, being prepared to put yourself out...

Morning Prayer Sunday October 4th
Dear friends, join Fr Tom Devereux OMI from the Kilburn Parishes team, for today’s morning prayer video on Sunday October 4th. As the Season of Creation draws to a close, we look at how today’s gospel reminds us to be better caretakers of our our world and of each other. ‘I tell you, then,...

Morning Prayer: October 3rd
Dear friends, please join Fr Dominick once more this morning for our time of daily prayer together. Today we pray with Psalm 86, the prayer of David. “Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you.”...

Morning prayer: October 2nd Feast of the Guardian Angels
Friends, join Fr Dominick from Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Bluebell, Dublin for our morning reflection. For our morning prayer today on the Feast of the Guardian angels who watch over us and help us, we pray with Psalm 103 and the letter to the Hebrews. Enjoy this morning’s prayer.

Morning Prayer: October 1st
Friends, join Fr Dominick from Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Bluebell, Dublin for our morning reflection. Today, you are invited to take part in a reflection on Psalm 105 where we glorify the Lord for his gifts. “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has...

The Oblate Connection: Saint Thérése
Saint Thérése’s Feast day is October 1st December 14, 1927 Saint Thérése of the Child Jesus was proclaimed the special patron saint of missionaries, like St. Francis Xavier, although she never left her monastery. This is due to the Oblates, especially to Fr. Arsène Turquetil, an Oblate father and native of Normandy. Oblate Fathers in...