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
This podcast was first broadcast a couple of years ago, but for those of us who seek unity this is an encouraging thought based on the Our Father prayer and Jesus encouragement that we ASK.
A brief Lenten reflection on the best known and most prayed of all prayers, the Our Father.
Jesus understood that sometimes even painful and harmful realities can become attachments for us, burdens that we hold onto.
The second of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This conversation was held at the Piano Performing Arts Centre in the city in May 2019.
The third of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This evening conversation was held at the Piano Performing Arts Centre in the city in May 2019.
The first of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This conversation is at the Business Lunch in May 2019.
“All of humanity’s problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone”
In marking Good Friday we cannot help but face our own fears, and in the current pandemic it is fear we face.
Here’s a thought for the feast of the Annunciation, we could say the moment of the birth of our Christian faith with the incarnation of Jesus at His conception.
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