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A Moment To Pause: Tuesday 25th August 2026
A very good morning to you. We join Kirk Jacob in London for this week's podcast and short time of daily prayer together.
Today is Tuesday, the 25th August. It’s the Feast of St. Louis whose name I took at confirmation. We give thanks for our baptism and confirmation. This morning’s Oblate podcast is on the Scripture text of St. Matthew 23:23-26.
We begin: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus has a right go at the religious authorities by telling them off: ‘Woe to you!’, he says several times, as they were constantly oppressing their…
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