Welcome to morning prayer today, with Fr Tom Devereux OMI, from Sacred Heart parish, in Kilburn, London. Today is also the second day of the Lourdes novena. Tom reflects on Mary being a companion on our journey, and considers the great distances that Mary had to travel during her life. How did Mary approach these...

Welcome to morning prayer today, with Fr Terry Murray OMI, from Sacred Heart parish, in Kilburn, London. Today is also the first day of the Lourdes novena. Today’s Gospel reading is from Luke, and tells of the time when Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the temple to be consecrated to God – the day...

About Lourdes and the Oblate Connection The Oblate Community has a long connection with the Shrine of Our Lady in Lourdes, a small town in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains in the South West of France. In 1859, on the 11th of February, Bernadette, a 14 year old girl from the village of Lourdes,...

Good morning friends. Today is the Feast Day of St Brigid of Kildare, patron saint of Ireland and also of healers; poets; blacksmiths; livestock and dairy workers. We join Joanne Lanigan in Mary Immaculate parish church, Inchicore for today’s prayer. This morning Joanne reflects on the person of Saint Brigid, of ancient miracles and religious...

Good morning everyone, we invite you to join Fr Dermot Mills OMI once again for our daily prayer on Tuesday January 31st. This is a phrase we often come across in the gospel about a crowd. Crowds followed him. The crowd stayed with him. He was surrounded by people. What was it that attracted them?...

Good morning everyone, we invite you to join Fr Dermot Mills OMI for our daily prayer on Monday January 30th. In today’s reflection we hear about the example Jesus gives us in how to practice the virtue of mercy. What does it mean to you? Jesus shows us that God’s mercy is open to everyone....

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Sr Anne, from London. The Gospel reading today is from the book of Matthew. It is the Beatitudes. Sr Anne says that they are a descriptive vision of God’s mind and Jesus’ heart. They are kingdom values and reveal what the kingdom is like. They shape and...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Sr Anne, from London. The Gospel reading today is from the book of Mark. It is of the time when Jesus and the apostles were on a boat during a storm. However, it is not just about the weather and a boat trip; it is a story...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Pat, from Birkenhead, England. The Gospel reading today is from the book of Mark. Pat reflects on how she dislikes winter and the lack of light. In a way, this is what God is saying – to allow ourselves to show the light of Christ, to be...

The past weekend, Sacred Heart church, in Kilburn, London, was home to the Sinulog 2023 celebrations. The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is a big festival held on the third Sunday of January every year in the Philippines and, as you can see from these photos, was well-celebrated by the Filipino communities here!