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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celebrating life?

celebrating life?

Today a friend posted this blog posting on funerals on his Facebook page. Thanks Pete for sharing this - a very helpful reflection. http://thefederalist.com/2013/12/06/funeral-funeral-celebration-life-one-last-hurrah/      

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton

born: 31 January 1915         died: 10 December 1968 One of the great spiritual classics of the twentieth century is Thomas Merton's Seven Story Mountain. Within minutes of its publication in 1948 it became a best-seller, and one of the books most read by people who...

Handel’s Messiah

Handel’s Messiah

One of the disadvantages of living in Cheviot (population 400) is that the inspiring and perennial Handel oratorio Messiah is not performed locally. As a result I find myself singing some of the pieces as I drive. You should have heard me driving down...

7 December 1985

7 December 1985

I'm not going to miss the opportunity to remind blog readers to pray for me. Twenty-Eight years ago today I was ordained a priest, by Bishop Denis Hanrahan, in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Timaru. Throughout these years I have kept on my desk the image of my...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

May he, and all who sleep in Christ  find in his presence light, happiness, and peace.  Eucharistic Prayer I, Funeral Mass At the world mourns the death of Nelson Mandela, Pope Francis has sent the following message to the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and...