Good morning everyone you are welcome to join Pauline Thomas once more in the Oblate Centre of Mission on the island of Anglesey for this morning’s prayer. Today is the memorial of the beheading of John the Baptist and our reflection this morning is from the first reading of the memorial. “Stand up and tell...

Friends, join Pauline Thomas in the Oblate Centre of Mission, Anglesey for this morning’s prayer. Our reflection this morning is on the first reading from Ecclesiasticus. 
 “Be gentle in carrying out your business,   and you will be better loved than a lavish giver. The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly.” This...

Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Saturday August 27th. We invite you to join Pat Hughes, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today, on the Feast of Saint Monica, our reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew, and is focused on the parable of...

Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Friday August 26th. We invite you to join Pat Hughes, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew. In it, the parable of the ten girls with oil lamps is described, five...

Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Thursday August 25th. We invite you to join Theresa Codd, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus tells his disciples to stay awake and alert for the coming of...

Bernadette is a young French saint whose life and legacy has touched the lives of people all over the world. She is, of course, best known for a series of Marian apparitions in Lourdes, where Mary asked for a chapel to be built near the cave grotto. The Story of Lourdes > She also said...

Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Wednesday August 24th. We invite you to join Theresa Codd, from Birkenhead, England, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of John, and is about the time when Philip introduced Nathaniel to Jesus. Jesus sees us...

Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Tuesday August 23rd. We invite you to join Martina Cooley, of the Kairos Community Trust, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew. In reality, appearances aren’t everything, yet we are often attracted to something,...

Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Monday August 22nd. We invite you to join Jason O’Reilly, of the Kairos Community Trust, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from Saint Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians. We can see great hope in their unwavering faith in...

Dear friends, good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer on Sunday August 21st. We invite you to join Dominic, of the Kairos Community Trust and Oblates Lourdes Pilgrimage Team, for a few moments of prayer and reflection together. Today’s reading comes from Hebrews. Dominic talks about his past with addiction and the effects it...