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
Join Kath Petrie, Triona Doocey and Rory Paterson in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
Kath mentions Neil Darrah’s book But What is the Church For which you can find at this link.
Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Seventeen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Seventeen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Seventeen in Ordinary Time, the Feast of Ignatius Loyola, at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Seventeen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Feast of Martha, Mary & Lazarus at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join David Moxon, Maya Bernardo and Colin MacLeod in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read these scriptures at this link.
Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Sixteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for the feast of James the Apostle at this link.
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It’s Census day in Aotearoa today, our five-yearly opportunity to (according to the 2023 census website) “represent ourselves, our families, whānau, communities, and cultures.”
I can’t help but recall the Bible censuses, especially the one early in Luke providing the reason that Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem.
The past few days has been full with sessions presenting Pope Francis’ 2022 letter on liturgy to people in Hamilton (Thursday) Rotorua (Friday) and Tauranga (Saturday). I suppose this work with the National Liturgy Office might be called my “day” job with Food For Faith and a few other bits and pieces as my moonlighting mission and ministry.
As a child I picked up the idea that it was best to be hesitant to ask for things. Instead, giving was the seen as the ideal, and being able to anticipate the needs of others (without them asking) and to respond appropriately was seen as an ultimate virtue.
Too often we fall into the trap of trying to be Christian in a pre-Christian kind of way. As I write I’m remembering the old song titled “Old-Time Religion”, a catchy tune with unfortunate lyrics:
“Give me that old-time religion
Give me that old-time religion
Give me that old-time religion
It’s good enough for me”
Well we’re almost a week into Lent. Think back to the gospel for Ash Wednesday: the good deeds we do for Lent are not to be paraded before others. If we do this we have had our reward since others know the good we have been doing.
