Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Laurita, from Apostles of the Interior Life. Laurita says that in this Gospel reading, the dialogue gets a little heated and the Jews are confused. Up to this point, Jesus has compared and contrasted himself with Moses, trying to bring the Jews to realize that there...

“Joy is contagious is a very good disease to have! The only way we can spread joy is to be joyful ourselves.” We welcome Bishop Edwin Regan who, for 17 years, was the Bishop of Wrexham in North Wales, and we look forward to listening to what he has to say about the joy of...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Padraig Corcoran. Today’s Gospel reading comes from John, where Jesus says that he is the bread of life – everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. Padraig reflects on how this passage connects with him, and talks about his son’s First Holy Communion. Thank...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Kate Cropp, from Apostles of the Interior Life. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells us that if we come to him, asking him to satiate us, he will not send us away. For those of us who have been baptised, we have received a seal, a...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Kay Curran, of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team. Reflecting on today’s Gospel reading, we see Mark telling us how Jesus spoke to the apostles before he assumed into heaven. Jesus is telling them to go out and spread the news of His death and resurrection to...

Celebrating 50 years!  St John Ogilvie’s, 1970-2020 The following article is adapted from the longer Anniversary Booklet produced by the members of St John Ogilvie’s Parish, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh Commemorating 50 years of St John Ogilvie’s parish will bring back many wonderful memories for many people of the parish. We want to share some of...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Mary O’Brien, of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team. Today’s reading comes immediately after the feeding of the 5,000, and the first few lines are full of activity and searching. The crowd is looking for Jesus, perhaps hungry again and hoping for another miracle. Or maybe they...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Jason O’Reilly, from the Kairos Community Trust. Saint George is venerated across many regions, cities and countries around the world – particularly for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. A patron of various groups and ancient trades – from shepherds to the global Scout movement –...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Jason O’Reilly, from Kairos Community Trust. The disciples had just witnessed the feeding of 5,000 people, with two fishes and five loaves, earlier in the day. And then they witnessed Jesus walking on water; he was invited onto the boat and in an instant the boat...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Martina Cooley, from Kairos Community Trust. Today’s Gospel reading recounts the time when Jesus fed the 5,000 people, by multiplying the loaves and fish. Martina reflects on this event, from the perspective of her own life. Thank you for joining us in prayer today.