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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Saturday 6 September 2025
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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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Homily Studio – Sunday 7 September 2025
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Join John Kleinsman, Â Martin De Jong, Lucienne Hensel & Alex Chia in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Support Life Sunday.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
The opening prayer from Mary Oliver is from her book Devotions: Devotions, MaryOliver – Shop Online for Books in New Zealand
The quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on cheap grace I read out came from the following piece available online: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/costlyGrace.pdf
The resources from CARITAS for Social Justice Week can be accessed here: https://www.caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week
Friday 5 September 2025
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Twenty-Two, the Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta, at this link.
Thursday 4 September 2025
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Tuesday 2 September 2025
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Monday 1 September 2025
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.
Sunday 31 August 2025
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Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Saturday 30 August 2025
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Twenty-One in Ordinary Time at this link.
Friday 29 August 2025
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Twenty-One in Ordinary Time, the Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist, at this link.
Homily Studio – Sunday 31 August 2025
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Join Kath Petrie, Rory Paterson, Bernadette Patalesio & Jelvine Cortez in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
Jelvine mentioned Fulton Sheen’s A Way to Happiness which you can find at this link.
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