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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
Tuesday 10 February 2026
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
Monday 9 February 2026
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Five in Ordinary Time at this link.
Sunday 8 February 2026
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Read the scriptures for Sunday Week Five in Ordinary Time at this link.
Homily Studio – Sunday 8 February 2006
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Join Jim McAloon, Teresa Edwards & Rory Paterson in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
John refers to Holman Hunt’s painting The Light of the World which you can find at this link.
Friday 6 February 2026
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Read the scriptures for Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
Thursday 5 February 2026
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Tuesday 3 February 2026
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Monday 2 February 2026
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Read the scriptures for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord at this link.
Friday 30 January 2026
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
Thursday 29 January 2026
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My apologies for a couple of slip-ups in recent days – due to me missing the upload deadline. Sorry about that.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Wee Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
Latest Blog Posts
Impossible? Not!
I know I’ve used the image above before, but it remains one of my favourites.
forty years on
It is forty years today since I was ordained priest in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Timaru
not less than everything
I’m grateful to Catherine Fyfe and James van Schie, new Trustees who join Chris Fogarty, Kate Kearins and Catherine Gibbs.
the practice
We must stop using the term non-practicing in such an inaccurate and distancing way.
the rock
It’s sixty years next Monday since the closing of the three-year Second Vatican Council.