Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

morning prayer

Morning Prayer for April 14th

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Sara and friends, from Singles for Christ Community, in Scotland. In today’s reading, we see that Jesus has revealed Himself again to His disciples. The word “again” stands out in this reading. The fact is that this is only one of the many occasions wherein Jesus...

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Morning Prayer for April 13th

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with the Sanchez family, from Edinburgh. Reflecting on the Gospel reading today, the Sanchez family says that what strikes them are the doubts of the disciples when Jesus appeared to them after the resurrection. Doubts can happen, and will happen, to each and every one of us...

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Morning prayer for Easter Wednesday

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Dermot Mills. Today, we re-share Fr Dermot’s reflection from last Easter Wednesday, which is from the Acts of the Apostles, where Peter and John order the lame man to get up and walk, in Jesus’ name. “… but Peter said, ‘I have neither silver nor...

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Morning Prayer for April 11th

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with the Manuel family. Our readers today state that the death of Mary Magdalene’s great friend prompts her to lose her sense of life. But she does not give up her search. She goes to the tomb in order to meet again the one whom death has...

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Morning Prayer for Easter Sunday

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Joanne Lanigan, from Dublin. On this wonderful Easter morning, it is great to be together, to pray for each other, to praise God and to share our faith. May we have the same sense of the joy that the first disciples had, the sense of not...

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Morning Prayer for Holy Saturday

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Lorcan, in Wistaston Hall, Crewe. O God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son who was laid in the tomb and rested on this Holy Sabbath, we may await with him the coming of the third day...

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Morning Prayer for Good Friday 2023

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Br Michael, in Wales. We gather on this Good Friday as a community in union with the whole Church and Christians across the world, as we prepare to celebrate the Passion of our Lord. In our prayers this morning, and for the rest of the day,...

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Morning Prayer for Maundy Thursday – April 6th

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Fr Dominik, from Dublin. Today on Maundy Thursday, we remember the Last Supper and, as is the focus of this reading, Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Jesus, the Lord and Master as he calls himself, teaches us this Christian way of living, of loving...

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Morning Prayer for April 5th

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Caroline, from Cumbria. Today’s reading is about the time when Jesus and the disciples were preparing for the Passover and Last Supper. Caroline focuses on the topic of expectations, the relationship between Judas and Jesus, and how they ended up in a place where the former...

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Morning Prayer for April 4th

Good morning everyone, and welcome to morning prayer with Caroline, from Cumbria. In today’s reading, Caroline reflects on the meaning of the word ‘love’ and relates it to the Last Supper, the disciples and our lives. She says that it is no accident that Jesus’ new command – to love one another as he loves...

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