morning prayer
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, August 2nd
Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Christine Hunt from Holyhead for our morning prayer together. Today’s Gospel reading is from Matthew, and focuses on when Jesus walked on the water of the Sea of Galilee during a storm. Peter was able to walk on the water too for a moment, before becoming frightened and...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, August 1st
Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Christine Hunt from Holyhead for our morning prayer together. Today’s Gospel reading is of the feeding of the 5,000. Sometimes we feel as though we have little to offer, or that we cannot make an impact in this world. But, in fact, we can do great things with the...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 31st
Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Mary O’Brien of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team for our morning prayer together. Today’s Gospel reading is from Luke. It is focused on the parable of the rich man who had a good harvest and wanted to store it all and live an easy life. But God rebukes him,...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 30th
Good morning, everyone! Today, we join Mary O’Brien of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team for our morning prayer together. Rescue us, Lord, out of the mire; may we not sink. Let not the floodwaters overwhelm us, nor the abyss swallow us up. Let your saving help, Lord, protect us. We will praise your name...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: July 20th
Good morning everyone, today we join Angie, from London, for our time of morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew, and the famous parable of the sower. Some seeds fell on the edge of the path and the birds ate them up; others fell on rock, where they found little soil and...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 19th
Good morning everyone, today we join Angie, from London, for our time of morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. “My mother and my brothers are anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven.” Who is our family? Is it just those united by blood, or does it go beyond...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 18th
Good morning everyone, today we join Patsy for our time of morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. This is what the Lord asks of you: to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with God. Many thanks for joining us for this time of prayer and community this morning.
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 17th
Good morning everyone, today we join Patsy for our time of morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. The best kind of welcome is when we forget ourselves and focus on what our visitor really wants. When Jesus comes to visit in this reading, what he wants is conversation – he wanted...
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family, July 14th
Good morning everyone, today we join Caroline in Cumbria for our time of morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. “Come to me, all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” With a lot going on in the world, it feels like times are uncertain....
Morning Prayer with the Oblate Family: Tuesday July 12th
Dear friends, good morning and thank you for joining us for morning prayer. Today, Ros Appleby of Birkenhead, England, leads our morning prayer. Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew. It talks about how Jesus reproached those people in the towns that he had already preached in, who had failed to listen to...