Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Patsy, from Anglesey. Today is the memorial of Saint Francis of Sales. Patsy talks about his life and what he did, including a prayer, which she reads. The Gospel reading today is from John. In this reading, Jesus tells his disciples that they are his friends. He...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Patsy, from Anglesey. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark. Jesus describes loyalty to the Holy Spirit, and rejection of Satan, as the underpinnings of unity. Patsy reflects that a house divided cannot stand, and describes a story from her childhood and how Christian unity has...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Kirk, and his sister Andrea, from India. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, and is about the time when Jesus called his first apostles. Jesus chose fishermen as his first apostles, and by the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee. Fittingly, Kirk and Andrea are...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Olga Slater, from London. Today’s short reading is from the Gospel of Mark. It speaks volumes of the life of Jesus and how he is perceived by his family members. Olga discusses how we think of others, including our family members. The compassion Jesus showed in his...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Olga Slater, from London. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark, and is about the calling of the twelve apostles. Olga points out that Jesus often goes up into the hills when he has to make important decisions. Silent prayer seems to be an important part...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Fr Ray Warren for morning prayer from De Mazenod House, London. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John and focuses on the importance of “oneness” and being united. Fr Ray connects this theme to Christian Unity Week, and the necessity of Christians to work together to...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Fr Ray Warren for morning prayer from De Mazenod House, London. Today’s reading is from Isaiah, where he tells us to stop doing bad things and learn to do good, to be just and to be helpful to others. Isaiah seeks to awake the conscience of the...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Mary Ryan for morning prayer from Sacred Heart Church, in Kilburn, London. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark and tells us about Jesus being challenged by the Pharisees, about his disciples picking corn on the Sabbath day. As an observant Jew, Jesus honoured the Sabbath;...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Mary Ryan for morning prayer in Sacred Heart Church, Quex Road. In today’s gospel reading, Jesus was teaching that he’d come to bring a new law of love. The Pharisees were rather rigid rule followers. By using the metaphor of a wedding, Jesus was emphasizing he was...

Good morning friends! We join Mary for this morning’s time of prayer together. The readings today speak very clearly about two things: the identity of Jesus and mission of Jesus. It is so important to know who Jesus is if we claim to follow him. “‘I will make you the light of the nations so...