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

Monday 21 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Monday 21 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time, the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at this link.

Sunday 20 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sunday 20 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for the Feast of Christ the King at this link.

Saturday 19 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Saturday 19 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Thirty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Friday 18 November 2022

Food for Faith Podcasts
Food for Faith Podcasts
Friday 18 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Thirty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Thursday 17 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Thursday 17 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Thirty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Wednesday 16 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Wednesday 16 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Thirty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Tuesday 14 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Tuesday 14 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Thirty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 20 November 2022

Homily Studio
Homily Studio
Homily Studio - Sunday 20 November 2022
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Join Kate Kearins, David Moxon & Kath Petrie in conversation with Merv Duffy SM considering the readings of the Feast of Christ the King.

Read the scriptures for the feast at this link.

During our conversation we referred to the practice of making a throne with the hands to receive the Eucharist – first mentioned by Cyril of Jerusalem (more at this link), and the morning hymn “The Deer’s Cry” at this link.

And here is the encyclical letter of Pius XI inaugurating this feast in 1925.

Monday 14 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Monday 14 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Monday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time at this link.

Sunday 13 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sunday 13 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.

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touchstone

touchstone

For many years I have found it helpful to carry a “touchstone” with me, a constant and tangible reminder of the most important thing.

pray big

pray big

The emails that have accompanied most of the prayer requests I have received this week have been moving and inspiring.

many rooms

many rooms

It’s all very well for Jesus to tell us not to be troubled, but when we are feeling troubled it’s not easy to shift the feeling. 

light in darkness

light in darkness

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.

plainly speaking

plainly speaking

I like the bold approach of the Jews, marching up to Jesus as he strolls between the columns: “If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”