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

Thursday 10 October 2024

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Thursday 10 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Ten in Ordinary Time at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 13 October 2024

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Homily Studio - Sunday 13 October 2024
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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.

 

Tuesday 8 October 2024

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Food for Faith Podcasts
Tuesday 8 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Seven in Ordinary Time at this link.

Monday 7 October 2024

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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
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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Food for Faith Podcasts
Wednesday 2 October 2024
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, at this link.

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a new venture

a new venture

I understand Judas and I look forward to meeting him when I get to heaven.
He was not a bad man (that perfume could have been sold and the money given to the poor), but he often put his own interests first, (helping himself to the common purse) and wanted to be in the “in” group (what will you give me if I hand him over to you).

going where ?

going where ?

There is a bad old joke that suggests that giving a homily is the art of twisting whatever the preacher wants to say to fit the scriptures.

on the journey

on the journey

Today’s palm branch procession, and reading of the passion of Jesus signals our move into Holy Week.
It is helpful to see these days before Easter as a week of retreat. While we continue our family and work routines, our focus is guided beyond.
In these days let us look together to Jesus.

yes to laughter

yes to laughter

I’ve been moving about a bit in recent weeks, across the country and further afield. I don’t enjoy the travel since planes are not designed for people of my height. But I love being with the people I end up with after a journey of any length.

the seduction

the seduction

Don’t get down when you hear today’s first reading.
Jeremiah is having a bad day. He’s a bit overwhelmed with the negative response he is getting when he passes God’s message to the people. In short, Jeremiah is having a Jeremiad.