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
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A good homily story I heard a number of years ago had as its punch-line "remember that the most important thing, is to always keep the most important thing, as the most important thing." It's a great line, even without the preceding story. For me it has become a...
It was my paternal grandfather who first taught me about the night sky pointing out notable stars and constellations. Later when I became familiar with the scriptures I discovered that the stars are often mentioned as a way of helping people to keep perspective in the...
If I began this post saying "I'm going to tell you some of the reasons why I think values are so important" you might not be too curious. But here is a brief video clip about the importance of values that was created by one of our 15 year-old parishioners. He has...
It has been a full and satisfying day of priestly ministry for me here in the Hurunui. Early this morning I drove the hour north to Cheviot for Mass with the locals. After Mass the conversation was of the great growth after the spring rains. After Mass morning tea...
It's Mission Sunday this weekend and Pope Francis' 2017 Mission Sunday letter is inspiring. At one point he quotes Pope Benedict's reminder that “being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a Person, which...