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A Moment To Pause: Friday 28th August 2026 Saint Augustine

A very good morning to you. We join Kirk Jacob in London for this week's podcast and short time of daily prayer together.

A very good morning to you. Today is Friday, the 28th August and it’s the feast of St. Augustine of Hippo, the North African Bishop, Philosopher and Theologian. Yesterday, we had his Mum’s feast - St. Monica. One of his famous quotes is: ‘Our hearts are restless until they rest in You. Lord’. This morning’s Oblate podcast is on the Scripture text of St. Matthew 25: 1-13.

We begin: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In today’s Gospel…

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