Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Padraig Corcoran. Today’s Gospel reading comes from John, where Jesus says that he is the bread of life – everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. Padraig reflects on how this passage connects with him, and talks about his son’s First Holy Communion. Thank...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Kate Cropp, from Apostles of the Interior Life. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus tells us that if we come to him, asking him to satiate us, he will not send us away. For those of us who have been baptised, we have received a seal, a...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Kay Curran, of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team. Reflecting on today’s Gospel reading, we see Mark telling us how Jesus spoke to the apostles before he assumed into heaven. Jesus is telling them to go out and spread the news of His death and resurrection to...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Mary O’Brien, of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Team. Today’s reading comes immediately after the feeding of the 5,000, and the first few lines are full of activity and searching. The crowd is looking for Jesus, perhaps hungry again and hoping for another miracle. Or maybe they...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Jason O’Reilly, from the Kairos Community Trust. Saint George is venerated across many regions, cities and countries around the world – particularly for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. A patron of various groups and ancient trades – from shepherds to the global Scout movement –...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Jason O’Reilly, from Kairos Community Trust. The disciples had just witnessed the feeding of 5,000 people, with two fishes and five loaves, earlier in the day. And then they witnessed Jesus walking on water; he was invited onto the boat and in an instant the boat...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Martina Cooley, from Kairos Community Trust. Today’s Gospel reading recounts the time when Jesus fed the 5,000 people, by multiplying the loaves and fish. Martina reflects on this event, from the perspective of her own life. Thank you for joining us in prayer today.

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Martina Cooley, from the Kairos Community Trust. For Martina, today’s reading represented strength, courage and faith that is strong enough to speak out and never falter, regardless of the possible consequences that doing so would have presented to the disciples. Their bravery and courage stood fast...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Mary O’Brien. Most psalms include praise of God and thanking him for his creation of the world. They remind us also of the power and glory of God, and how God hears our prayers and answers them. Mary says that she likes the psalms, that they...

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer. Today, we are re-sharing Frankie MacDonald’s reflection. “Jesus replied: ‘In all truth, I tell you no one can enter the kingdom of God, without being born through water and the Spirit.” John 3:1-8 Thank you for joining us in prayer today.