Read the scriptures for Thursday of the First Week in Advent at this link.
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
Read the scriptures for Thursday of the First Week in Advent at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Feast of St. Andrew at this link.
John Merv Duffy SM & John Kinder in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures of the Second Sunday of Advent.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
A link to some of John Kinder’s findings on Raffaele Martelli at this link.
Some info on the visit of Holman Hunt’s “Light of the World” painting to Aotearoa at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday Week One of Advent at this link.
Read the scriptures for Monday of the First Week in Advent at this link.
Read the scriptures for Saturday Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Thirty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
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Our confinement has given birth to new possibilities, new ways of living and of thriving that are even more satisfying than the way we existed before.