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The Oblate Family Morning Prayer: Friday 13th December 2024

With Mary Ryan

Good morning friends. We invite you to join Mary Ryan in Kilburn for today’s morning prayer on the Second Friday of Advent, December 13th.

They heed neither John nor the Son of Man

Mary reflects: “Jesus observed that the people rejected prophets who didn’t fit their image of what a prophet should be, and the message they longed to hear. John the Baptist was too specific and rigorous with the austerity of his life, and Jesus himself was rejected as being lax, enjoying eating and drinking, and befriending those rejected by society. The sinners. I think this gospel extract calls us to be open to God’s message without filtering it through what is our own desires and expectations. “

Thank you for joining us this morning.