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Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family – Monday November 7th
Good morning and welcome to morning prayer with Sr Anne, from Wistaston Hall. We appreciate that you are with us, so that we can support one another by praying and reflecting together as a community of faith and hope. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. Jesus reminds us that, despite our efforts to...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family – Sunday November 6th
Good morning and welcome to morning prayer with Sr Anne, from Wistaston Hall. We appreciate that you are with us, so that we can support one another by praying and reflecting together as a community of faith and hope. Today’s reading is from St Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians. Paul talks to the people of...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Saturday November 5th
Good morning friends, today during this month of November where we are reminded to pray for the faithful departed we invite you to join Fr Billy Fitzpatrick OMI from Inchicore who leads us in this time of prayer and reflection. As members of the Oblate family, today we remember especially those Oblates who have died...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Friday November 4th
Good morning and welcome to morning prayer on Friday November 4th. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel according to Luke and tells of the parable the steward. Padraig connects the parable to our lives, and how we are stewards of the faith, passing it on from one generation to the next. Thank you for joining...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Thursday November 3rd
Good morning and welcome to morning prayer on Thursday November 3rd. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel according to Luke. It is about Jesus telling the parable of the lost sheep. Padraig relates his own life to the story in the parable and explores the themes in greater detail in today’s video. Thank you for...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Wednesday November 2nd
Good morning and welcome to morning prayer on Wednesday November 2nd. Today is All Souls Day, and Kirk is at the grave of a particularly significant soul – Fr Robert Cooke, the first provincial of the Oblates here. Kirk goes into more detail about the significance of All Souls Day. Thank you for...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Tuesday November 1st
Good morning friends, we invite you to join Mary Tyrrell of the Oblate Partners in Mission Team for today morning prayer, on the feast of All Saints Day. “Think of the love the Father has lavished upon us.” Lavish – What a beautiful, extraordinary word this is. It is seldom used today in daily conversations....
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Monday October 31st
Good morning friends, we invite you to join Mary Tyrrell of the Oblate Partners in Mission Team for today’s morning prayer, on the eve of All Saints Day. Today’s reading is Psalm 130. It is very short, very clear and very gentle. There is nothing to fear. Trust in God. “Keep my soul in peace...
Morning prayer with the Oblate Family – Sunday October 30th
Hello and welcome to our time of prayer and reflection on this Sunday morning. Today we join Fr Lorcan O’Reilly OMI, who is the director of the Oblate Retreat Centre at Wistaston Hall, Crewe on Sunday October 30th. At this time of year, we can see the colours of Autumn all around us, and there...
Morning prayer with the Oblate Family – Saturday October 29th
Good morning friends we join Mary, a member of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team in Dublin for morning prayer this Saturday October 29th. Today’s gospel reading makes me think that we live in a world where positions of importance seem to be sought and cherished. Further temptation to popularity seems to be the only value...