Podcasts

Food for Faith now offers three podcasts. You can scroll down to view all the latest episodes or click these links to view each individual podcast:

Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures

Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures

Food for Faith - talks and reflections from fr john o'connor

Saturday 30 September 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Saturday 30 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for Saturday, the Feast of St. Jerome, at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 1 October 2023

Homily Studio
Homily Studio
Homily Studio - Sunday 1 October 2023
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Join Jane Maisey and Chris Duthie-Jung in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures of the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

Friday 29 September 2023

Food for Faith Podcasts
Food for Faith Podcasts
Friday 29 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for Friday, the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, at this link.

Thursday 28 September 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Thursday 28 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for Thursday Week Twenty-Five in Ordinary Time at this link.

Wednesday 27 September 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Wednesday 27 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul at this link.

Tuesday 26 September 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Tuesday 26 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Five in Ordinary Time at this link.

Monday 25 September 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Monday 25 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Five in Ordinary Time at this link.

Tikkun Olam – Repairing the World

Food for Faith Podcasts
Food for Faith Podcasts
Tikkun Olam - Repairing the World
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Join Hafsa Ahmed, Paul Blaschke & Mary Eastham in conversation with John O’Connor, reflecting on the common ground of our three faith traditions, Islam, Judaism & Christianity.

Dr. Hafsa Ahmed was born in Hyderabad, India and came to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2007. She is the co-founder and trustee of Lady Khadija Charitable Trust which operates with the motto of “Empowering communities through compassion”.

Dr. Paul Blaschke is an active member and past Board Chair of Temple Sinai in Wellington.  He’s trying to retire from his career as an independent environmental consultant, but keeps active in voluntary environmental restoration work, and especially in Jewish and Interfaith environmental activism.

Dr. Mary Eastham QSM, (awarded 2023 for services to Interfaith communities) from St. Brigid’s Catholic parish Palmerston North, a member of the Religious Diversity Centre Climate Action Work Group, and appointed a Fellow of the Association of Practical Theology in Oceania (APTO) in 2021.

Your comments below are appreciated and will provide the agenda for future conversations and podcasts.

Sunday 24 September 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sunday 24 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for Sunday Week Twenty-Five in Ordinary Time at this link.

Homily Studio – an update

My apologies for the lack of Homily Studio this week. There were a few little hitches, almost all due to me trying to avoid recording and editing costs and produce the session myself as I often do. However this week I had to give priority to a number of pastoral requests and now it is late Friday night and while we did have people ready and eager to record, I was not able to do all the bits that I needed to do.

In short the challenge is our need to operate within a very tight financial constraints and we need your support. Life in the digital world is costly.

Food For Faith has some regular donors, and some others who give periodically. Each Homily Studio costs several hundred dollars to produce, and there are also significant costs in the production of the daily Lectio Divina and the written posts.

Along with my apology for not getting the Homily Studio for this week up and running, could I take the opportunity to invite you to consider giving some financial support to Food For Faith. Your donation (either one-off or regular) will enable the site to remain up to date and engaging.

You might also consider remembering this Food For Faith mission in your will.

If you are able to help, take a moment to visit the SUPPORT FFF page either here or by clicking on the image below.

And the Homily Studio will be back next week!

Gratefully, In Christ

Signature of Fr John O'Connor

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