Gospel Reflection for Sunday June 23rd 2024, 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mark 4:35-41 Anyone who has ever done an ‘individually guided retreat’ (IGR) in the Ignatian tradition will almost certainly have spent time in prayer with this week’s Gospel. The ‘Storm at Sea’ is one of those Gospel stories which is so rich...

Today, we invite you to join Mary Tyrrell for our morning prayer from her home on the Wirral, England. Gospel | Matthew 6:19-23″Store up treasure for yourselves in heaven” Mary reflects on today’s gospel reading: “‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be’ – what we consider valuable shows us where our...

Dear friends, good morning. For today’s morning reflection we join Fr Tom McCabe OMI in Inchicore. The Our Father is a God-centred prayer, as is all prayer, one that most of us are so familiar with. Join Fr Tom in reflecting on the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus said to his disciples: ‘In your prayers do not...

Friends, we join Olga Slater in London for our morning prayer today, Wednesday June 19th 2024. Gospel | Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 © “Your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you” Olga reflects: “A challenging gospel today – it is almost a reminder about self re-examining oursleves – like a spiritual checklist...

The call of Jesus Christ, heard within the Church through people’s need for salvation, draws us together as Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Christ thus invites us to follow him and to share in his mission through word and work. (C1) During the annual Oblate Assembly 2024, the rite of Installation took place during the...

Today, we invite you to join Pat Hughes once again for our morning prayer from her home in Birkenhead, England. Pat is a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene. Gospel | Matthew 5:43-48 “Pray for those who persecute you” Pat reflects on today’s gospel reading: “Following on from yesterday, when Jesus asked us to...

– by Sr Catherine Lavery Sr Hilary recently celebrated her 103rd birthday and 85 years as a Religious Sister of Holy Family of Bordeaux currently living in Rock Ferry, Birkenhead. Sr Hilary is originally from Listowel Co. Kerry. She came to Kilburn, London from Kerry in 1939 during war time.  She trained as a Social...

Today, we invite you to join Pat Hughes, a member of the Friends of Saint Eugene, for our morning prayer from her home in Birkenhead, England. Gospel | Matthew 5:38-42 “Offer the wicked man no resistance” Pat reflects on today’s gospel reading: “An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth.” It sounds very...

Today, we invite you to join Mary O’Brien and Mary Whelan, members of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team, once again for our morning prayer. Gospel | Matthew 5:33-37 “Do not swear: say ‘Yes’ if you mean Yes, ‘No’ if you mean No” Mary reflects on today’s gospel reading: and reads a poem by Patrick Kavanagh,...

Today, we invite you to join Mary O’Brien and Mary Whelan, members of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team, for our morning prayer today. Gospel | Matthew 5:27-32 “If your right eye should cause you to sin, tear it out” Mary reflects on today’s gospel reading: “These texts, which refer to the law at the time...