Listen to the scriptures for Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
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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
Listen to the scriptures for Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
You can read the scriptures for today at this link: Friday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time
This week Kath Petrie, Merv Duffy SM and Catherine Gibbs are in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the readings of this upcoming Sunday, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for today at this link.
From today the FFF Lectio Divina for the following day will be emailed (to those who have requested this on the sign-up page) at 4.00pm on the previous day.
You can read the scripture readings for today’s Mass at this link.
A reflection on prayer as an engagement with reality.
A reflection on the well-known parable of the father and his sons
A reflection on freedom, first broadcast in Lent, using the example of Jesus’ encounter with a rich young man.
Too often religion is used to justify attacks on bad behaviour. Here’s a different perspective: our acknowledged sin is our capacity for Jesus. This awareness is the birth of real self-esteem.
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