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 7 September 2025

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Homily Studio - Sunday 7 September 2025
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Join John Kleinsman,  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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
Saturday 30 August 2025
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Twenty-One in Ordinary Time at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 31 August 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
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.

Thursday 28 August 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Thursday 28 August 2025
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty-One in Ordinary Time, the Feast of Augustine of Hippo, at this link.

Wednesday 27 August 2025

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Wednesday 27 August 2025
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Twenty-One in Ordinary Time, the Feast of St. Monica, at this link.

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he tangata

he tangata

to recognise each and every person as the pinnacle of divine activity

retreating

retreating

My suggestion is that in a time of retreat what we are retreating from is all that is not reality.

heartland

heartland

he simply sought to be fully with the one or two people he was with in any moment, and that was enough.

in the world

in the world

I was caught up in the drama and intrigue. I love a good story.