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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Seven in Ordinary Time at this link.
Tuesday 8 October 2024
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
Monday 7 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Seven in Ordinary Time at this link.
Sunday 6 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Saturday 5 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Twenty-Six in Ordinary Time at this link.
Friday 4 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for the Feast of Francis of Assisi at this link.
Homily Studio – Sunday 6 October
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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.
Thursday 3 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty-Six in Ordinary Time at this link.
Wednesday 2 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, at this link.
Tuesday 1 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for the feast of Therese of the Child Jesus at this link.
Monday 30 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Six in Ordinary Time at this link.
Latest Blog Posts
the fixed gaze
Most of my recent weekends have been spent with groups of people on weekend retreats and the most recent of these was last weekend at the Trappistine Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Matutum near General Santos in the southern part of the Philippines.
desire for life
“Here is the man: a desire for life, for love, for happiness”.
The title says it all and nothing is more adequate than “all” for any person including the thousands who overflowed the magnificent Cathedral of Milan for Wednesday’s funeral of Sergio Berlusconi, a man who dominated the Italian political scene for three decades.
every which way
A good number of Food For Faith readers have discovered one of the more recent FFF initiatives, the weekly Homily Studio.
The recording of this half-hour podcast is one of the highlights of my week.
in the room
Today’s reflection marks the end of the FFF Lent-to-Easter daily email posts. Thank you for your company on this journey. While these daily posts (for those who have signed up for the Lent / Advent reflections at this link) will take a break until Advent, those who have signed up to receive every post or regular posts at this link. You might take a moment now to visit this page now to check your email preferences.
During retreat this week I found myself pondering just how difficult it is to accept that God, in Jesus, is really with me today.
disciplined discipleship
As I write I’m nearing the end of retreat days with a group of fifty priests from across the USA. As I mentioned a couple of days ago the diversity and youth of the group is remarkable with the majority being aged under 40 and a good number ordained for fewer than five years.