Thomas Enda (Tom) O’Shea was born in Dublin on 29 December 1938 to parents who were both teachers from West Kerry. Tom grew up in an Irish-speaking home, first in Sutton and then in Clontarf, closer to his parents’ work in City centre schools. He was six when the family moved to Clontarf. A long...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with the Manuel family. Our readers today state that the death of Mary Magdalene’s great friend prompts her to lose her sense of life. But she does not give up her search. She goes to the tomb in order to meet again the one whom death has...

Dear friends, please join Fr Irvin for a short reflection on Easter Monday – where we hear in the gospel that the first to meet the Risen Lord were the holy women of Jerusalem and they were filled with awe and great joy. Please also join us in wishing Fr Irvin a very happy birthday!

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Joanne Lanigan, from Dublin. On this wonderful Easter morning, it is great to be together, to pray for each other, to praise God and to share our faith. May we have the same sense of the joy that the first disciples had, the sense of not...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Lorcan, in Wistaston Hall, Crewe. O God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son who was laid in the tomb and rested on this Holy Sabbath, we may await with him the coming of the third day...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Br Michael, in Wales. We gather on this Good Friday as a community in union with the whole Church and Christians across the world, as we prepare to celebrate the Passion of our Lord. In our prayers this morning, and for the rest of the day,...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Dominik, from Dublin. Today on Maundy Thursday, we remember the Last Supper and, as is the focus of this reading, Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Jesus, the Lord and Master as he calls himself, teaches us this Christian way of living, of loving...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Caroline, from Cumbria. Today’s reading is about the time when Jesus and the disciples were preparing for the Passover and Last Supper. Caroline focuses on the topic of expectations, the relationship between Judas and Jesus, and how they ended up in a place where the former...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Caroline, from Cumbria. In today’s reading, Caroline reflects on the meaning of the word ‘love’ and relates it to the Last Supper, the disciples and our lives. She says that it is no accident that Jesus’ new command – to love one another as he loves...

The Oblate Community regrets to announce the death of Fr Tom O’Shea OMI (Fr Tomás Ó Séaghdha), (Clontarf and Brazil), March 31, 2023, after a short illness borne with fortitude, at St James’ Hospital, Dublin. Predeceased by his brother Neasan, and parents Peig and Seamus O’Shea. He will be sadly missed by his sister Aideen,...