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

Homily Studio – Sunday 16 November 2025

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Homily Studio - Sunday 16 November 2025
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A note from John O’C. I’m grateful to John, David & Colin this week who picked up the HS at one minute’s notice when I was suddenly unable to connect. So in my absence this week join John Kleinsman, David Moxon and Colin MacLeod in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, the World Day of the Poor.

Read the scriptures for this week at this link

Spe Salvi – an encyclical from Pope Benedict at this link

Dilexi te – Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Leo: at this link

David refers to the Mother Teresa Anyway poem at this link

Friday 14 November 2025

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Friday 14 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Thirty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.

Thursday 13 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Thursday 13 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Thirty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.

Tuesday 11 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Tuesday 11 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Thirty-Two in Ordinary Time at this link.

Monday 10 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Monday 10 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for Monday, the Feast of Leo the Great, at this link.

Sunday 9 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Sunday 9 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for this Sunday Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica at this link.

Saturday 8 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Saturday 8 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Thirty-One in Ordinary Time at this link.

Friday 7 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Friday 7 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Thirty-One in Ordinary Time at this link.

Thursday 6 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Thursday 6 November 2025
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Thirty-One in Ordinary Time at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 9 November 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Homily Studio - Sunday 9 November 2025
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Join Jane Maisey, Catherine Gibbs & John Kinder in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for this Sunday’s Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

Read the scriptures for this feast at this link.

Jane has forwarded these links to her work (referred to by John in today’s HS). Here is the link to the bible windows poster:  https://www.designjane.com/bible-windows-poster Also some other stained glass projects: https://www.designjane.com/stained-glass And how it looks printed and applied to glass: https://www.designjane.com/post/library-windows-books-of-the-bible You can also print direct to glass now too.

Here is the link to the Church Building Document of Bishop Barry Jones: God’s Dwelling Place at this link.

And if you’re a Parish Secretary looking for a gap-filler for this week’s parish newsletter you can’t do better than a 1500 year-old reflection from Caesarius of Arles in today’s Office of Readings at this link. Scroll down for the reading.

And lastly the recently restored St. Joseph’s in Temuka at this link.

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a new deed

The passage is full of people seeking refuge in outdated, unjust and culturally cruel legalism.

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dignity at last

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it’s time

it’s time

I’ve prayed many prayers which have not been answered as I had hoped.