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

Homily Studio – Sunday 5 February 2023

Homily Studio
Homily Studio
Homily Studio - Sunday 5 February 2023
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Join Rosalie Connors, Chris Duthie-Jung & Triona Doocey in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

Chris mentions Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ. You can find it at this link.

John mentions a lecture by Joseph Ratzinger in 1958: “Therefore, the modern person today, when he meets someone else anywhere, can assume with some certainty that they have a baptismal certificate, but not that he has a Christian frame of mind.” Read the article at this link.  And the 1969 interview in which Joseph Ratzinger reflects on the church “growing small” at this link.

 

Monday 30 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Monday 30 January 2023
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Four in Ordinary Time at this link.

Sunday 29 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sunday 29 January 2023
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Read the scriptures for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.

Saturday 28 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Saturday 28 January 2023
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Friday 27 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Friday 27 January 2023
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Thursday 26 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Thursday 26 January 2023
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Read teh scriptures for Thursday of Week Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Wednesday 25 January 2023
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Read the scriptures for the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul at this link.

Tuesday 24 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Tuesday 24 January 2023
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 29 January 2023

Homily Studio
Homily Studio
Homily Studio - Sunday 29 January 2023
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John Kath Petrie, Lucienne Hensel and Kate Kearins in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

This week’s podcast refers to the song Earthen Vessels (John Foley SJ) which you can find at this link.

Kate refers to the 2023 Columban Calendar art image for January. Check it out at this link.

Richard Rohr – speaking on first half, second half of life at this link.

Monday 23 January 2023

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Monday 23 January 2023
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

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