john oconnor
to live

to live

Their hindsight became foresight, an ability to live in the present without hurt from the past and free of fear of the future.

He speaks

He speaks

It is not enough for me as an adult to believe because parents and religious leaders told me so.

entering

entering

We live most intimately with Jesus not when we imagine what he went through, but when we fully enter our own lives,

scattered

scattered

I have no doubt that everyone reading this FFF post has been encountered by God.

at the threshold

at the threshold

I often think when I am celebrating a funeral as I was yesterday. that we are, for these hours, at the entrance to paradise.

a new deed

a new deed

See, I am doing a new deed, even now it comes to light; can you not see it

the favourable time

the favourable time

Over the years I’ve prayed many prayers which have not been answered as I had hoped.

signs please

signs please

People looking for these destinations don’t stop at the sign. The check their direction and keep going to where the sign points.

in the studio

in the studio

One of the most exciting Food For Faith projects in recent months is an initiative we have named the Homily Studio.

YOU not me

YOU not me

The deep and enduring solution to every stress is found not in ourselves but in God.

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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.