Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Olga Slater, from London. Today’s short reading is from the Gospel of Mark. It speaks volumes of the life of Jesus and how he is perceived by his family members. Olga discusses how we think of others, including our family members. The compassion Jesus showed in his...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Olga Slater, from London. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark, and is about the calling of the twelve apostles. Olga points out that Jesus often goes up into the hills when he has to make important decisions. Silent prayer seems to be an important part...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Fr Ray Warren for morning prayer from De Mazenod House, London. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of John and focuses on the importance of “oneness” and being united. Fr Ray connects this theme to Christian Unity Week, and the necessity of Christians to work together to...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Fr Ray Warren for morning prayer from De Mazenod House, London. Today’s reading is from Isaiah, where he tells us to stop doing bad things and learn to do good, to be just and to be helpful to others. Isaiah seeks to awake the conscience of the...

Good morning, friends. We invite you to join Mary Ryan for morning prayer from Sacred Heart Church, in Kilburn, London. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Mark and tells us about Jesus being challenged by the Pharisees, about his disciples picking corn on the Sabbath day. As an observant Jew, Jesus honoured the Sabbath;...

Good morning and welcome to morning prayer! Today’s morning prayer comes from south India, and Kirk goes into more detail about this. The Gospel reading for today is the story of the paralytic, who is cured by Jesus. The group reflects on the meaning and significance of this event. Thank you for joining us today.

Good morning and welcome to morning prayer! Today’s morning prayer comes from Kerala, in south India, where Kirk’s family joins us in reflecting on the Gospel of Mark, where some of the family mime out the story of the leper. Kirk – and Dexter – also explain the story behind where they are today, so...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Mary, from the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team, for morning prayer today. The Gospel reading for today comes from Mark, which details Jesus healing many people, including Peter’s mother-in-law. Mary focuses on the line that Jesus needed to find his own quiet time, alone with his father. Mary...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Padraig, from Dublin, for morning prayer today. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Mark, and is about a time in Capernaum when Jesus went into the synagogue to teach the people. There was a man with an unclean spirit, who Jesus healed. Padraig explores this reading...

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Caroline, from Cumbria, for morning prayer today. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Matthew, and catapults us from the manger to the start of Jesus’ ministry, with the baptism of the Lord. Jesus is baptised to bring good news to the suffering; he is sent out...