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

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family life

family life

Pope Francis is big on simplicity, not least of all in his words and manner of speaking. He often gives a take-home catch phrase as he did yesterday speaking on the feast of the Holy Family. You can read the complete text at the link below, but the three words that he...

word on fire

word on fire

It is Sunday evening and I have just arrived home after celebrating the last of the four Sunday Masses here in the Hurunui. I'm just about to pour a beer and have a quiet Sabbath evening. One of the great responsibilities for a priest is the preparation and preaching...

Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia

One of the must-see places in Spain is the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. It is 130 years since construction of this magnificent church began, and it is still many decades (at least) from completion. In the years after architect Antoni Gaudi's untimely...

bye bye, lully lullay

bye bye, lully lullay

Surrounded by presents and tinsel, peaceful nativity scenes and Christmas goodwill, it is easy to forget the full reality of the Christmas event. Today's feast of the Holy Innocents confronts us with the harsh environment that the child Jesus was born into. At the...

Catholic schools

Catholic schools

At the end of each year, the Christchurch Press publishes pages featuring the outstanding senior students from each High School in the region. Each school is asked to contribute the name and photo of one student accompanied by a brief summary of why this student is...