Good morning and welcome to morning prayer with Angel, from Dublin. Today’s Gospel reading is from Saint Matthew, in which Jesus challenges us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us. Angel is reminded of all the ways in which God has forgiven her. It is a profoundly healing experience that,...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Angel, from Dublin. Today’s Gospel reading is from Saint Matthew, where Jesus challenges us to repent and reconcile. Why is it so difficult to ask for forgiveness? Acknowledging that we’ve made mistakes isn’t easy. It involves a letting go of the self, and is an act...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Frank Ryan, from Colwyn Bay, Wales. Today’s Gospel reading is from Saint Matthew. Jesus said to his disciples, “Ask, and you shall receive”. There is wisdom in knowing that you don’t know everything, and in knowing that they are things out there which are spiritual...

Good morning and welcome to morning prayer with Sr Lumay, of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Dublin. Lumay explores today’s reading, saying that the things we are asked to do are so simple: give food and drink to Jesus in those who are hungry and thirsty; to clothe Jesus in those who are naked, and...

Good morning and welcome to morning prayer with Sr Lumay. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus teaches his disciples the Lord’s Prayer. Prayer is not a magic formula, but a trusting relationship between God and oneself. It can take many forms, but, at heart, it is a conversation of mutual listening, and a loving encounter as...

Good morning and welcome to morning prayer, with Sr Anne from Wistaston Hall, in Crewe. Today’s Gospel reading is from Saint Matthew, and recounts the time when Jesus was out in the wilderness, being tempted by Satan. Jesus was tempted by the Devil to put three values above the love of God: pleasure, power and...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer, with Sr Anne, from Wistaston Hall Oblate Retreat Centre, in Crewe. Today’s Gospel reading is from Saint Luke, and is about the time when Jesus invited the tax collector Levi/Matthew to follow him, much to the disapproval of the Pharisees. When Levi is called with love, he...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Christine, from Holyhead, Wales. We can all wear a cross on a chain around our neck, attach the fish to the back of our car, or even carry a Bible wherever we go. Real faith, however, has to do with how we treat our neighbours and...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Christine, from Holyhead, Wales. The first psalm reveals the key to a blessed life, and the happiest life in the world. The happiest life that we can get is to be in the world, but not of the world. The word ‘blessed’ is used often in...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Rebecca Roughneen, from Ireland. During the Lenten season, we are asked to do three things: to pray, to fast and to give alms. These traditions, which we hear about in today’s Gospel, predate the time of Jesus. And, just as in the Old Testament, where these...