Good morning once again dear friends. Today we join Oblate Vocations Animator, Fr Irvin Morastil OMI, for our prayer. Fr Irvin is visiting the Oblate Scholasticate in Vermicino, Rome – the scholasticate is a place where Oblate students live while studying to become Oblate Priests and Brothers. In today’s gospel we see Jesus’ reaction is...

Published on Friday 29 September 2023 on OMIWORLD Stefano Dominici, the Coordinator of Lay Associates and Associations, presented his vision and program as coordinator of lay people sharing the Oblate charism. Father General appointed Mr. Stefano Dominici, a lay associate from Italy, as the first Coordinator of Lay Associates and Association, effective 1 June, 2023....

Today is Monday, the 2nd of October. And in the church we celebrate today the memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels. Friends, please join Fr Dominik for our prayer this morning – ‘My friends, a very simple meditation thought comes to my mind this very Monday, after the whole weekend full of all sort of...

Good morning friends, we invite you to join Pádraig Corcoran for morning prayer and short reflection on this Sunday’s Gospel reading. Words have to mean something. In today’s gospel, one son that said he would go, and then then didnt go. What did his words mean there for you? The other son that said he...

26th Sunday in Ordinary time, A(I) “Listen means Act” The history of Israelites shows us that nothing is more deadly to us than turning away from God by not listening to his word, but going a separate way. Then, even if we still occupy our formal address, we actually move away – our hearts start...

Welcome to this time of prayer and reflection with the Oblate community. Once again we join Theresa Codd in her home in Birkenhead in England. Today is the 30th of September, which is the feast of Saint Jerome. we ask for his intercessions as we listen to today’s gospel from Luke. Thank you for joining...

Welcome to this time of prayer and reflection with the Oblate community.We join Theresa Codd in her home in Birkenhead in England. Today is the 29th of September, which is the feast of the Archangels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. What we could take from this Scripture is that God sees us in every moment of...

Our 2023 pilgrimage is over and what a momentous, and celebratory one it was!  2023 was special in two ways.  First and foremost, it was the 140th Anniversary of the first Oblate pilgrimage, led by Fr William Ring OMI in 1883, a mere 25 years after the apparitions to St Bernadette in Lourdes.  Secondly, and...

Gospel Reflection for Sunday October 1st 2023 | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time An eight-year-old, I think, could quite easily understand the message of today’s Gospel story. It is so crystal clear as to need no explanation or interpretation. ‘Practise what you preach’, ‘don’t say one thing and do something else’, ‘think before you commit...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Padraig Corcoran, Oblate Youth Worker, for our morning prayer. “How do we get involved in the life of Jesus? Well, just last weekend, I was part of the Oblate Pilgrimage to Lourdes. And one thing I see every time I’m in Lourdes on the pilgrimage, and the...