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A Moment To Pause: Wednesday 18th February 2026
Good Morning. Thank you for joining all of the Oblate Family today for our time of reflection and prayer today with Mary Tyrrell.
Hello and welcome to todays’s Oblate reflection and prayer based on St Matthew gospel chap 6.
In verse 16 we read “And whenever you fast, do not look somber. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father.
Pope Leo's Message for Lent this year is entitled "Listening and Fasting," It is a short letter and well worth a read.
In his letter the Pope invites us “to fast not from food but from…
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