A Moment to Pause - a short daily Christmas reflection

Good Morning, and thank you for joining all of the Oblate Family near and far for our time of reflection and prayer, and particularly today, the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes. We join Frankie MacDonald, member of the Oblate Lourdes Hospitalie team for today's short podcast. Today, the Oblate Family in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, and the Channel Islands who have a great devotion to Our...

Good Morning and Thank you for joining all of the Oblate Family near and far for our time of Reflection and Prayer today.  Lets begin. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit Amen. And lets say the Lord’s prayer together: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive...

Good morning and thank you for joining all of us and the Oblate Family, near and far, for a time of reflection and prayer today with Frankie Mac Donald.  Let's begin in the name of the father, and of the son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. And let's say the Lord's Prayer together. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Giv...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Sunday February 8th 2026. Thanks to Caroline Shevelan for today's reflection. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. These lines are so familiar to us it is hard to imagine what their impact might have been at the time. I imagine puzzlement, confusion maybe and a lot of ‘afte...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Saturday February 7th 2026. Thanks to Caroline Shevelan for today's reflection. Today’s Gospel is another challenging one. It is a passage that has been used and misused over the generations to control, to frighten, to justify cruel judgement and punishment. A brief google search of homilies on this...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Friday February 6th 2026. Thanks to Caroline Shevelan for today's reflection. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit amen You abandon the commandments of God and hold to human tradition. Today’s Gospel is short, challenging and to the point. The Pharisees are clearly being t...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on  Thursday February 5th 2026. Thanks to Caroline Shevelan for today’s reflection:  In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen The opening question of today’s Gospel, is maybe one we are asking ourselves. Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say? Father save me from thi...

In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen The message of today’s gospel is clear, unambiguous For truly I tell you when you did these things for the least of my brethren you did it for me. Jesus again places relationships front and centre of his teaching. Our actions flow from our relationship with God, we love one another as we have been loved, and this requires action....

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Tuesday February 3rd 2026. Thanks to Caroline Shevelan for today’s reflection:  In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you so you must love one another. How does Jesus love us? In scripture...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, or Candlemas, Monday February 2nd 2026. Thanks to Caroline Shevelan for today’s reflection:  In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Today is Candlemas, the official end of the liturgical season of Christmastide. In the northe...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Sunday February 1st 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Br Michael Moore OMI for today’s reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning and welcome, and thank you for joining us for our morning prayer with the Oblate family. The values of Jesus and God's...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Saturday January 31st 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Br Michael Moore OMI for today’s reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The gospel today is Jesus calming the storm. We all go through difficult and painful experiences, times perhaps, when we feel a...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Friday January 30th 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Br Michael Moore OMI for today’s reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning and welcome, and thank you for joining us for our morning prayer with the Oblate Family. Jesus says that the kingdom of...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Thursday January 29th 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Br Michael Moore OMI for today's reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning and welcome and thank you for joining us for our morning prayer with the oblate family. In John's Gospel, Jesus ca...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Wednesday January 28th 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Br Michael Moore OMI for today's reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning and welcome, and thank you for joining us for our morning prayer with the oblate family. Jesus likens the word of...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Monday January 26th 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Br Michael Moore OMI for today's reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good morning and welcome, and thank you for joining us for our morning prayer with the oblate family The gospel today Jesus has...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Monday January 26th 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Br Michael Moore OMI for today's reflection:  In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.  Good morning and welcome… thank you for joining us for morning prayer with the Oblate Family.   No matter what Jesus said or did, there we...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Sunday January 25th 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Mary O'Brien in Dublin for today's reflection: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the holy Spirit, Amen. Thank you for joining me for a time of reflection and prayer with our Gospel text, which today is from Matt. 4:12-17, and in whi...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Saturday January 24th 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Mary O'Brien in Dublin for today's reflection: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the holy Spirt, Amen. Thank you for joining us for a time of reflection and prayer with our Gospel text, which today is from Mark 3:20-21 “Then he we...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Friday January 23rd 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Mary O'Brien in Dublin for today's reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We begin our day with a time of reflection, prayer and consider our gospel, which today is from Mark 3:13-19 This is the gospel...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Thursday January 22nd 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Mary O'Brien in Dublin for today's reflection:  In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Together, we begin our day with a time of reflection and prayer as we consider our gospel text, which today is from Mark 3:7-...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together on Wednesday January 21st 2026 of Ordinary Time. Thanks to Mary O'Brien in Dublin for today's reflection: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. As we begin our day, I thank you for joining our Oblate shared short time to pause, reflect and pray together Today’s gospel i...

Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause, reflect and pray together. Thanks to Mary O'Brien in Dublin for today's reflection: Today’s gospel is Mark, 2:23-28, and the extract I want to share is: “One Sabbath he was going through the grain fields and as he made his way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said,’Look, why are they doing what is not...

Welcome to A moment to pause - a daily reflection prayer podcast. Today is Monday January 19th 2026 of Ordinary Time and Mary O'Brien in Dublin brings you this reflection. In the name of the Father, and of the son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Good morning and thank you for joining our Oblate short time to pause and to reflect as we begin our day. The gospel for today is from Mark, chapter 2 verse...

Today we join Joseph O’Connell for our A Moment To Pause Podcast during Ordinary Time. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Our gospel reflection today comes from the Gospel of John 1: 29 to 34. Most people think the baptism of Jesus is just a quiet moment in the Jordan. A gentle scene Jesus standing in the river, John the Baptist pouring water. A dove in the sk...