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Advent Reflection Evenings – Join Fr Ray Warren OMI
You are invited to join us this Advent for our Advent Retreat and Reflection Evenings Dear Friends, You are invited to join De Mazenod House Retreat and Spirituality Centre, London online for a series of Advent Reflection Evenings every Tuesday during Advent from 8-9pm [BST] on the following theme: “A Light in the Darkness” The...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Good morning all, and welcome to morning prayer. We join Fr Anibal Cazuriaga, OMI, in De Mazenod House, London to pray as a community of faith and hope together and reflect on today’s gospel. In Advent we are preparing to greet the Christ-child, to welcome God into our world, our homes and our lives. And...
Morning Prayer With the Oblate Family: Monday December 4th 2023
Good morning all, and welcome to morning prayer. We join Caroline in England to pray as a community of faith and hope together and reflect on today’s gospel. In Advent we are preparing to greet the Christ-child, to welcome God into our world, our homes and our lives. And here in today’s Gospel, the Centurion...
Morning Prayer With the Oblate Family: First Sunday of Advent December 3rd 2023
Good morning all, and welcome to morning prayer on this first Sunday of Advent and of the new liturgical year. We join Caroline in England to pray as a community of faith and hope together and reflect on today’s gospel. This is the season of preparation. We prepare to greet the Christ Child to welcome...
What are Your Expectations? – The Social Oblate
3rd December 2023, 1st Sunday of Advent (Year B) “What are Your Expectations?” “There is nothing bad in the calm, serene and family quality at Christmas. But sadly, it is getting nowhere if our expectations do not surpass that calm and mellow attitude. And even if our hopes are great, we should ask ourselves: are...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Saturday 2nd December 2023
Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. Today we join Patsy Thomas, from Anglesey for our morning prayer. Today is Saturday, the 2nd of December. It’s the ending of a liturgical year where troubles and the violence of war seemed to be everywhere. Even recently in Dublin. But we as a family, can look...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Friday 1st December 2023
Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. This week, we join Patsy Thomas, from Anglesey for our morning prayer. Today is Friday, the 1st of December, a new month. But we are rapidly approaching the end of our liturgical year. A time of beginnings and endings as we come to our prayer...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Thursday 30th November 2023
Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. This week, we join Sr Anne Donnelly DHS, from Wistaston Hall Retreat Centre, Crewe for our morning prayer. So today we celebrate the feast of Saint Andrew, one of the first apostles to be called by Jesus. As we heard in the Gospel, Jesus said to...
The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. This week, we join Sr Anne Donnelly DHS, from Wistaston Hall Retreat Centre, Crewe for our morning prayer. It was Mother Teresa who said that in calling us to share in this work, Jesus does not ask us to be successful, but to be...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Tuesday November 28th
Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. Today is the final day of the parishioners of St Mary’s Star of the Sea, Leith to lead us in our daily morning reflection. This morning we join Tina Doherty. In today’s Gospel, Jesus spoke about conflict in the world. He said, “Nations will...