Join with Fr Michael O’Connor OMI for morning prayer on Thursday, July 1 Fr Michael prays with us from the garden of the Oblate community home in Darndale-Belcamp parish in Dublin’s northside. Quoting from St Columbanus, Michael says: “If you want to know the Creator, get to know creation.” In the wake of Pope Francis’...

Join Olga Slater as she leads us in Morning Prayer for Tuesday, June 29 On this, the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul, twin founders of the Church in Rome, and beloved apostles of Jesus, Olga asks to think of the significance of these two men, that we would remember them by this solemnity almost...

Olga Slater from London leads us in our Morning Prayer today, Monday. Olga reflects on today’s short Gospel story (Mt 8:18-22).”Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” Following Jesus does not comes with promises of comfort in this life but...

Today’s gospel reading sums up the three themes we hear over and over as we journey through Lent – prayer, fasting and almsgiving – do not judge, do not condemn, give and forgive. Listen to Olga’s reflection and thoughts on these themes and join her in our morning prayer this Monday morning.   “Be merciful,...

This morning, join Fr Irvin Morastil OMI from the Oblate parish of St Mary, Star of the Sea in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. On this, the Feast of the Assumption, Fr Irvin recalls the pronouncement by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950,of the dogma of the Assumption of Mary into heaven, during which he wrote:...

Join with Pauline Thomas, a Pastoral Associate with the Anglesey Centre of Mission in North Wales for our time of prayer today. Pauline takes as her theme the Word of God, and reminds us of the words from St John’s Gospel: “And the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us.” She reminds us...