A Moment To Pause: Tuesday February 10th 2026 #podcast #reflection #gospel

Good Morning and Thank you for joining all of the Oblate Family near and far for our time of Reflection and Prayer today.  Lets begin. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit Amen. And lets say the Lord’s prayer together: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.  Today’s gospel is taken from St Marks Gospel chapter 7 and relates how Our Lord focuses on what’s right and cuts through the swathe of man-made laws that the Pharisees put before him.  The Pharisees saw that some of the disciples were eating before the ritual washing prescribed.  This was one of many attempts by the Pharisees to focus on the trivia and not the central message that Jesus was preaching. Jesus calls them out on this quoting Isaiah “this people honours me with their lips but their heart is far from me”   He highlights their hypocrisy as they focus on the periphery and not the heart of God’s word.   Today let’s focus on what God wants and try to follow that without deflection.   We ask our mother Mary to help us achieve that as we say:  Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb , Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen.  Thanks again for joining our prayer and reflection today.