john oconnor

which crowd ?

Apr 8, 2017

It's Palm Sunday this weekend, the day that marks the end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. This Sunday's liturgy begins with the commemoration of Jesus entry to...

deeper than moods

Apr 7, 2017

It's been one of those weeks, and so even more than usual, TGIF! On the surface it's been a week like most other weeks with a mixture of good and bad, struggles and...

living vocation

Apr 6, 2017

I often have conversations with people who are trying to decide how to spend their lives. They are not simply weighing up pros and cons to decide what to do or what...

divine building

Apr 5, 2017

We live in an age where everyone can be considered to be an expert in everything, and it is politically insensitive (at least) even to suggest that someone who has...

just do it!

Apr 4, 2017

For every one of us the term Sacrament of Confession, Penance or Reconciliation brings up many different responses reactions or feelings. Tragically there are many...

extinction or life?

Apr 3, 2017

I was skimming through the Food For Faith archive last week and found a Radio New Zealand interview from March 2011. RNZ had phoned me on receiving the results of a...

death and life

Apr 2, 2017

SADNESS & HOPE A cemetery is a place of great sadness, and a place of great hope. A visit to a cemetery is always an encounter with the ultimate reality. All the...

laughter

Apr 1, 2017

Today is widely marked as April Fool’s Day and already social media is flowing with some ingenious pranks. We have all been the victims of good-humoured jokes, and most...

just fishing

Mar 31, 2017

Here in New Zealand, today marks the end of the tax year. While a number of businesses start and finish their year at other times, 31 March looms large as an annual...

the bells

Mar 29, 2017

A number of people have commented that this "Monastery Bells" Food For Faith clip (first published a few months ago) is one of their favourite FFF posts. It is one of...