A Moment To Pause: Lent Wednesday 18th March 2026

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. Once again, we're together on this Wednesday, the fourth week of Lent. And in today's reading from Isaiah, we read, “Does a woman forget the baby of her breast or fail to cherish the child of her womb? Yet even if these forget her, I'll never forget you.” We live in a world where war, terror, force or might are common place. We don't know what tyrants or dictators who have no respect for others  are going to do next. So many people are afraid, uncertain of what the future is going to bring them, or their children or their grandchildren. We need to know deep within ourselves that we matter, that we're important, that we're worthwhile. That we are so dear and precious to God, who is there for us, with us, in us and around us. "Does a woman forget the baby at her breast, or fail to cherish the child of her womb? Yet even if these forget, I will never forget you." We cry out to God, help us to know that you care about us so much. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.