john oconnor
give me a call

give me a call

Often the words we use in casual conversation with others are the very words we might need to use with God

silent school

silent school

take a dozen of these thirty-second spots throughout the day, to breathe

just chatting

just chatting

Fifth Gospel Living Vol II. I am inviting you to write, sharing one experience of God in up to 400 words.

try it (-:

try it (-:

you are growing beyond much of what has limited you earlier.

no distance

no distance

There is no distance between God and me. And that’s a simple fact not a tricky riddle.

recognition

recognition

which do you prefer, the dark night or the bright light?

you wouldn’t dance

you wouldn’t dance

I realised that my primary vocation was not to be a photocopy, but a unique creation in the divine image.

JB the day

JB the day

A healthy happy human person is a sign-post that points to God.

true freedom

true freedom

life in silence and prayer within a physical cloister enclosure might seem to some rather restricted and unfree.

an ultimate adventure

an ultimate adventure

A Diocesan Priest belongs not in a monastery-cloister but in the neighbourhoods of the people.

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forty years on

forty years on

It is forty years today since I was ordained priest in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Timaru

not less than everything

not less than everything

I’m grateful to Catherine Fyfe and James van Schie, new Trustees who join Chris Fogarty, Kate Kearins and Catherine Gibbs.

the practice

the practice

We must stop using the term non-practicing in such an inaccurate and distancing way.

the rock

the rock

It’s sixty years next Monday since the closing of the three-year Second Vatican Council.

allergies away

allergies away

even to share some of the mozzarella I’ve enjoyed making recently