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 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.

Saturday 12 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Saturday 12 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Thirty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.

Friday 11 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Friday 11 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time at this link.

Thursday 10 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Thursday 10 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Thirty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.

Wednesday 9 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Wednesday 9 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 13 November 2022

Homily Studio
Homily Studio
Homily Studio - Sunday 13 November 2022
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This week join Rocio Figueroa and Lucienne Hensel in conversation with John Kleinsman reflecting on the scriptures of the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Read these scriptures at this link.

World Day of the Poor letter from Pope Francis at this link.

Monday 7 November 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Monday 7 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Thirty-Two in Ordinary TIme at this link.

Sunday 6 January 2022

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sunday 6 January 2022
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Read the scriptures for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.

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Latest Blog Posts

all day long

all day long

The most effective witness of faith is rarely the one who preaches on the street corner or even the church preacher, but the one who lives

ring the bells

ring the bells

“To the person of faith, it’s a moment of grace; to the person without faith, it’s a moment of peace. What’s not to like?”

only in God

only in God

I was out for a walk last night soon after sunset, clear sky, Southern Cross above, and the International Space Station passing – a human presence in the skies.

dear friends

dear friends

…not the restoration of a familiar world order, but a new world where human achievements, personal successes and health are signs that point us beyond

lighting darkness

lighting darkness

Returning to the way things were is the “recession” of which we should have the most fear.