Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Ten in Ordinary Time at this link.
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
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Ten in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join John Kleinsman, Siân Owen and Laurel Lanner in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. This Sunday is also celebrated as Support Life Sunday.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
Resources for Support Life Sunday are available at the NZCBC website at this link.
Several Resources are mentioned in this podcast including the Declaration Dignitas Infinita from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (at this link). The 1995 Encyclical Letter of John Paul II Evangelii Vitae on the Value and Inviolability of Human Life (at this link). The 2023 letter from the NZ Bishops Te Kahu o te Ora: A Consistent Ethic of Life, (at this link).
Resources also available on the website of The Nathaniel Centre at this link.
Sign up to receive these weekly Homily Studio podcasts at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Twenty-Seven in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Seven in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Seven in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Twenty-Six in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Feast of Francis of Assisi at this link.
Join Jane Maisey and Chris Duthie-Jung in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
And the link to the night prayer mentioned from John – from the Aotearoa New Zealand Prayer Book – click here.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty-Six in Ordinary Time at this link.
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