morning prayer
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, Wednesday October 26th
Good morning, friends! Today, we join Fr Irvin, from Edinburgh, Scotland, for morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel according to Luke. It describes Jesus discussing who will enter heaven. Jesus reminds us that if the kingdom of heaven is important to us then we must do what he teaches us to do. Fr...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Tuesday October 25th
Good morning, friends! Today, we join Fr Irvin, from Edinburgh, Scotland, for morning prayer. Today is the feast of the Six Welsh Martyrs and Companions. Today’s Gospel reading is from Luke, where Jesus compares the Kingdom of God with a mustard seed and the yeast a woman took to make bread. Fr Irvin explains further...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Saturday October 22nd
Good morning, everyone! We invite you to join Br Michael, from Dublin, for morning prayer today on Saturday October 22nd. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel according to Luke. It is of the parable of the fig tree. If we are truly honest with ourselves, we do things that hurt our relationship with God. But...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Friday October 21st
Good morning, everyone! We invite you to join Br Michael, from Dublin, for morning prayer today on Friday October 21st. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel according to Luke. Jesus speaks to a crowd about reading the signs of the times. What are the signs of our times? Are we aware and attentive of what...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Thursday October 20th
Good morning, everyone! We invite you to join Fr Dominik, from Inchicore, Dublin, for morning prayer today on Thursday October 20th. Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Luke. Jesus talks about how he has come to bring division, which, at face value, sounds like an unexpected message and may leave us with questions. Dominik...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Wednesday October 19th
Good morning, everyone! We invite you to join Fr Dominik, from Inchicore, Dublin, for morning prayer today on Wednesday October 19th. Fr Dominik leads today’s prayer with a prayer written by Saint Teresa of Avila. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. The parable of the burglar might seem like a difficult one at...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Tuesday October 18th
Friends, we invite you to join Angela McCullough in London for morning prayer today on Tuesday October 18th. Today is the Feast of Saint Luke, the evangelist, and is where today’s reading is from. Luke is sharing the message of peace. God is sending his disciples to bring peace and has people carrying this message...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Friday October 14th
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning prayer. Today, we are joined by Caroline, from Cumbria. Today’s reading is from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Caroline reads the passage twice, from two different versions, and discusses her technique for reading from the Bible. Her method involves, among other things, getting a pen and paper...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, Thursday October 13th
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning prayer. Today, we are joined by Caroline, from Cumbria. Today’s reading is from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, in which Paul talks about the love of God for humanity by giving us His son, Jesus. “Grace and peace to you” – Caroline discusses what grace and peace...