A Moment to Pause - a short daily Christmas reflection

You are most welcome to join our reflection today with Pat Hughes from Birkenhead. Good morning to everyone, on Saturday 11 July and welcome to share our Oblate moment to pause in a reflection based on today’s Gospel from Matthew 10:24-33 In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit This passage is a call to fearless faith. It wasn’t easy reading for me but having reflected on its mea...

You are most welcome to join our reflection today with Pat Hughes from Birkenhead. Good morning and welcome to our morning reflection on this Friday 10th July . Today’s reflection is based on Matthew 10: 16-23 In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit Jesus warns his disciples “I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves” and instructs them to be as “clever as serpents a...

You are most welcome to join our reflection today with Pat Hughes from Birkenhead. On this Thursday 9th July morning, welcome, wherever you are, to our Oblate moment to pause. The Gospel reading is from Matthew 10:7-15 in which the Apostles receive further instruction on carrying out their mission.  In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Throughout Jesus’s ministry the message...

You are most welcome to join our reflection today with Pat Hughes from Birkenhead. Good morning and welcome to Wednesday 8th July’s moment to pause with the Oblate Family . Today’s reflection is from Matthew 10 :1-7  Let us start with the sign of the Cross In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen These few verses mark a profound moment of commissioning. The twelve apostles ,...

You are most welcome to join our reflection today with Pat Hughes from Birkenhead. Good morning and welcome to Tuesday 7th July’s moment to pause with the Oblate family .  The Gospel reading is from Matthew 9:32-38. We start with the sign of the Cross: in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  We hear how Jesus cured  a mute man possessed by a demon thus allowing the man to speak...

You are most welcome to join our reflection today with Pat Hughes from Birkenhead. Good morning and Welcome to our moment to pause this Monday 6th July .  The Gospel reading today is from Matthew chapter 9 verse 18-26. My name is Pat and I am speaking to you from Birkenhead . In this gospel Jesus raises a Jewish official’s daughter from the dead and heals a woman suffering from haemorrhages . What...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Mary O'Brien from our Lourdes Team in Dublin. Good morning and welcome to our Oblate time of Reflection.  In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Today’s gospel is from Matthew Chapter 11:25-30  The last lines of this gospel must surely be a huge source of comfort to all who carry burdens – whether of illness, loneliness...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Mary O'Brien from our Lourdes Team in Dublin. Good morning and welcome to our Oblate time of Reflection. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Today’s gospel is from Matthew 9:14-17  I found it difficult to find one single message from today’s gospel that spoke to me.  But it is the words about not putting a piece of n...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Mary O'Brien from our Lourdes Team in Dublin. Good morning and welcome to our Oblate time of Reflection.  In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  The gospel today is from John 20:24-29 and it is the story of doubting Thomas.   When told that Jesus had appeared to the apostles in the upper room, he refused to believe it. ...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Mary O'Brien from our Lourdes Team in Dublin. Good morning and welcome to our Oblate time of Reflection.  In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Today’s gospel from Matthew 9:1-8, is the story of people bringing a paralysed man to Jesus … Jesus first tells the man his sins and forgiven, and then , despite the challenges...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Mary O'Brien from our Lourdes Team in Dublin. Good morning and welcome to our Oblate time of Reflection.  In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Today’s gospel is from John 10:11-16  Our gospel today is the story of the Good Shepherd.   Jesus starts off by comparing himself to a person who is hired to look after someone...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Mary O'Brien from our Lourdes Team in Dublin. Good morning and welcome to our Oblate time of Reflection.  In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Today’s gospel is from Matthew 8:23-27  This is the gospel where Jesus and his disciples are in a boat.  A storm breaks over the lake.  The boat is tossed from side to side, an...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Mary O'Brien from our Lourdes Team in Dublin. Good morning and welcome to our Oblate morning time of reflection.  We begin in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Today’s Gospel is from Matthew 16:13-19  In this text Jesus puts the question to Simon Peter ‘who do you say I am?’ and Peter answered: ‘You are the Christ, so...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Bobby Neil from the Bluebell-Inchicore Pastoral Area. Good morning and welcome to the Oblate Family Moment to Pause. Our gospel this morning for Sunday the 28th of June is Matthew 10, verses 37 to 42, where we hear about renouncing oneself to follow Jesus and helping others. In today's gospel, Jesus tells us that life is not all about looking after numb...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Bobby Neil from the Bluebell-Inchicore Pastoral Area on Saturday 27th of June in the 12th week of Ordinary time. This morning's gospel is taken from Saint Matthew chapter 8, verses 5 to 17.  Here we are told that Jesus goes into the city of Capernaum, where he meets this centurion, not a Jew, but an officer in the Roman army. He pleads for assistance an...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Bobby Neil from the Bluebell-Inchicore Pastoral Area on Friday 26th of June in the 12th week of Ordinary time. Our gospel this morning is taken from Saint Matthew chapter 8, verses 1 to 4.  Today Saint Luke tells us that in the midst of a large crowd, Jesus takes a man aside and cures him. He was a leper. Jesus touches the leper and Jesus shows his comp...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Bobby Neil from the Bluebell-Inchicore Pastoral Area on Thursday 25th of June in the 12th week of Ordinary time. Our gospel this morning is taken from Saint Matthew chapter seven, verses 21 to 29, where we hear about the true disciple.  In today's gospel, we learn that listening and actions go hand in hand. Once again, Jesus continues to teach us. First...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Bobby Neil from the Bluebell-Inchicore Pastoral Area on Wednesday 24th of June, Feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Our gospel this morning is taken from Saint Luke chapter one, verses 57 to 66 and 80, where we hear about John the Baptist.  To comply with the law. John's parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, brought him to the temple to be circ...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Bobby Neil from the Bluebell-Inchicore Pastoral Area on Tuesday 23rd of June. Good morning and welcome to the Oblate Morning reflection. My name is Bobby Neil, and you join me here in the Inchicore-Bluebell pastoral area. Our gospel this morning is taken from Matthew chapter seven, verses 15 to 20.  In today's gospel, Jesus warns us about false prophets...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Bobby Neil from the Bluebell-Inchicore Pastoral Area on Monday 22nd of June. Good morning and welcome to the Oblate Family Morning reflection. My name is Bobby Neil, and you join me here from the Inchicore-Bluebell pastoral area. This morning's gospel is taken from Saint Matthew chapter ten, verses 37 to 42.  Just as Jesus taught the 12 disciples after...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Marcellus from the Oblate Parish in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Welcome to our reflection today from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter ten, verses 26 to 33. There is no doubt that our Christian faith is being challenged in these present days. The world is telling us that Christianity should be something private, and that it...

You are welcome to our reflection today with Marcellus from the Oblate Parish in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time. Welcome to A Moment to Pause reflection with the Oblate community. We reflect today on the Gospel of Matthew, chapter six, verses 24 to 34. We often find ourselves being consumed daily with the worries of life, food, clothes, jobs, security, etc. a...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Marcellus from the Oblate Parish in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time. We begin in the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. In our world today, we all look for security and great returns for our investment. We want to invest our resources where we are sure to enjoy great returns in the future. We do n...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Marcellus from the Oblate Parish in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time. You are welcome to A Moment to Pause. Our reflection today is from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter six, verse 7 to 15. Jesus talks to his disciples and us about prayer. Sometimes we find ourselves asking, how do I pray? And what do I pray about? And...

You are welcome to the reflection today with Marcellus from the Oblate Parish in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you for taking a moment to pause in reflection. Today we reflect on Matthew chapter five, verses 43 to 48, where Jesus continues to teach his disciples, and for that matter, us as his followers, on how to...