Good morning, everyone! Today’s morning prayer is brought to you by Sister Joy, of St. Joseph’s in Colwyn Bay. Today’s reading comes from St Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians. Sr Joy focuses on a few lines – namely, “Rejoice always, pray continually and give thanks in all circumstance.” If we could live by these words,...

Good morning, everyone! Today’s morning prayer is brought to you by Sister Magret, of St. Joseph’s in Colwyn Bay. Today’s Gospel reading recounts the time when Mary was at the foot of the cross as she watched her son die. Let us pray for all mothers at the foot of the cross, who have children...

Good morning, everyone! Today’s morning prayer is brought to you by Sister Mary Catti, of St. Joseph’s in Colwyn Bay. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. It is also the feast day of Padre Pio – a saint much beloved by many people. Let us pray with his intercession and may we be...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Morning Prayer on the first day of our Lourdes pilgrimage this year. We join Gerard Bennett, of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team. The Gospel reading is from Luke, and is the parable of the sower, planting his seeds different surfaces – rich soil, rock, path and thorns. Today, we...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join James, from London, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them – I will show you what he is like. He is like the man who when he...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join James and Bruna, from London, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke, “Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own?” It’s a very natural and human temptation to make assessments and...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Fr Martin Moran OMI, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. It describes how Jesus was born – Mary being pregnant, Joseph suggesting to divorce and the angel telling him...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Fr Martin Moran OMI, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. It is of the Beatitudes. The happiness that Jesus speaks of in today’s reading is not based on fleeting...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Tina Doherty, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. In it, Jesus calls the names of his twelve apostles and heals the people nearby. Before that, Jesus had gone up...

Good morning, everyone! Today, we invite you to join Joyce Fegan, from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea parish, in Leith, Edinburgh, for our morning prayer.   Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. It is about the time when Jesus healed the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath, much to the...