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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Good morning friends, and thank you for joining us for prayer. This week, some of the parishioners of St Mary’s Star of the Sea, Leith will lead us in our daily morning reflection and today we join Kathy Barclay once again in Edinburgh. In the story of the widow’s mite, Jesus is praising a disposition...

Good morning and welcome to our morning prayer on this the feast day of Christ the King. On the last Sunday of the liturgical year, we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. A relative newcomer to the Church calendar — established in the 20th century — this feast is designed to give special recognition...