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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
This week’s Homily Studio with the readings of this Sunday, 25th in Ordinary Time, is a conversation between Kath Petrie, John Kinder, Merv Duffy SM and Triona Doocey with John O’Connor, and featuring as a special guest Dante Alighieri who died 700 years ago this week. Read the scriptures for Sunday 19 September at this link.
Read the scriptures for today’s (15 September) Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows at this link.
You can find the readings for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, at this link.
You can read the scriptures for today at this link. Also the Homily Studio, a 30 minute conversation with Archbishop David Moxon, Kath Petrie, Triona Doocey, Merv Duffy SM and John O’Connor by clicking here or on the image below.
Read the scriptures for today at this link.
You can find the scriptures for today’s Liturgy at this link.
Read the scriptures for today’s liturgy at this link.
David Moxon, Triona Doocey, Kath Petrie and Merv Duffy SM in conversation with John O’Connor, unpacking the scriptures for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. You can read the readings at this link.
And feel free to add your own thoughts in the “comments” section below.
Read the readings for today’s feast, the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at this link.
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