Good morning everyone! Today, as we approach the one-year anniversary of the conflict in Ukraine, we’re re-sharing Fr Martin’s morning prayer from this time last year. The Gospel reading speaks of the father coming and praying that whatever little bit of faith they have, Jesus will work a miracle. Sometimes our faith can feel weak,...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Kirk Jacob and his friend, Joe O’Connell. Today’s Gospel reading comes from the account of Saint Mark, and covers a time when Jesus cured a boy of an unclean spirit. Joe discusses the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine and the lives affected. He talks...

Good morning and welcome to morning prayer, with Br Carl Peter, in Rome. Today’s Gospel reading comes from Saint Matthew. It is of the time when Jesus taught his disciples to love their enemies. Carl focuses on this word, “enemy”. Let us endeavour not to have enemies, but rather love everyone, as Jesus taught us....

Hello everyone and welcome to morning prayer with Petru, an Oblate scholastic in Rome. Today’s Gospel reading focuses on the Transfiguration of the Lord. Petru reminds us that the transfiguration offers us a message of hope – this is how we will be with him. It helps us to reflect on the importance of detaching...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Irvin Morastil and the youth of El Shaddai, in London. Today marks the 197th anniversary of the approval of the Constitutions and Rules of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Gospel reading today comes from the account of Saint Mark. It is of the...

Hello everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Irvin Morastil, from English Martyrs parish, in Tower Hill, London. Today’s Gospel reading comes from the account of Saint Mark. It is of the time when Jesus asked his disciples who do you say I am? Peter responded that he is the Christ, after which Jesus...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Padraig Corcoran, from Dublin. The Gospel reading today is from the book of Mark, and is about the Pharisees asking Jesus for a sign. Padraig talks about the importance of seeing the signs of God in everyday life. Let us not be like the Pharisees, whose eyes...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Padraig Corcoran, from Dublin. The Gospel reading today is from the book of Matthew. Padraig reflects on the importance of loving God and loving ourselves. We are meant to be a people, a community, a faith of love. Let us wear our love on our sleeves, bringing...

Welcome to morning prayer, with Br Michael Moore OMI, in Wales. Today is also the fifth day of the Lourdes novena. Lourdes is a place of community and healing, and all those who go there – especially the sick – pray for healing of one sort or another. We all carry wounds from over the...

Welcome to morning prayer, with Br Michael Moore OMI, in Wales. Today is also the fourth day of the Lourdes novena. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus reminds and challenges us to be the light of the world. Light is one of the great symbols we experience in Lourdes. People light candles for their own –...