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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...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Monday November 27th
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...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Sunday November 26th, Feast of Christ the King
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...
The Social Oblate – Making our hearts of flesh, not of stone
“Making our hearts of flesh, not of stone” The story of the Prophet Ezekiel is truly an amazing one. We see how, from all that’s wrong and sad, God leads his people out of exile and gives them a new life. This new life is offered to us as well, and God only waits till...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Saturday November 25th
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 Veronica Halloran in Edinburgh. Today is the Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Catherine According to tradition, lived...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Friday November 24th
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 in Edinburgh. Jesus regularly draws an unfavorable comparison between the religious leaders of the day who...