A Moment To Pause: Lent - Tuesday 17th March 2026

A Moment to Pause - a short daily audio reflection rooted in Sacred Scripture · Mar 17, 2026 · 1m

Good morning and thank you for joining the Oblate Family Podcast: A Moment To Pause, for today's time of reflection and prayer during Lent. We listen to Fr Dermot for today's short 90 second podcast.

Good morning everyone. And today we have Saint Patrick.

Patrick, 16 years of age, kidnapped by raiders from Ireland, torn from his family, friends, places he knew and loved in his homeland in Britain. He ended up on a remote mountain in the then wilds of Ireland, looking after sheep. And it was during his years there as a virtual slave, that he rediscovered God. And he eventually returned to…