A Moment To Pause: Monday 21st September 2026

A Moment to Pause - a short daily audio reflection rooted in Sacred Scripture · Sep 21, 2026 · 1m

Good morning and welcome to the Oblate Family morning reflection - Our Moment to Pause. This week we hear from Mary Tyrrell from Birkenhead, England.

Welcome to A moment To Pause with the Oblate family.

There’s a famous painting by Caravaggio showing St Matthew, the tax collector, being beckoned by Jesus to come and follow him as depicted in today’s reading from Luke 9:9-13. The poor fellow looks as surprised as any of his fellow tax collectors who were, after all, a group of people who had deservedly earned a reputation for dishonesty. This is a significant passage as it highlights that the…