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 John Kinder & Cushla O’Connor in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
Order copies of Fifth Gospel Living directly from The CopyPress at this link, or (especially if you would like a few copies) directly from John: john@fff.org.nz
Read the scriptures for the Feast of All Saints at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Thirty in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude at this link.
Read the scriptures for Sunday of Week Thirty in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join John Kleinsman, Michael McCabe and Catherine Gibbs in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read these scriptures at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Twenty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Join Jelvine Cortez and Rory Paterson in conversation with John O’Connor chatting about the scriptures for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
Rory mentions a relevant meme which you can find at this link.
Jelvine quotes Pope Francis speaking (April 13) at his general audience on April 13, 2016: “We are all sinners, we have all sinned…. The church is not a community of perfect people, but of disciples on a journey, who follow the Lord because they know they are sinners and in need of his pardon. Thus, Christian life is a school of humility which opens us to grace.” (Text of complete Audience at this link)
Fifth Gospel Living will be published in the next couple of weeks – Pre-ordering available by clicking on the cover below. If you would like to buy a few copies contact me directly at john@fff.org.nz
Read the scriptures for the Feast of Ignatius of Antioch at this link.
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I had planned to continue the daily reflections through this Easter Week but I’ve already missed Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday and now it’s early morning on Easter Wednesday. Thank you to those who emailed with “where are you”, “what happened” and “I haven’t had a FFF email this week.” Thank you for your enthusiasm and for keeping me on my toes.
There is a great old Easter greeting: “We are an Easter people” to which hearers respond “and Alleluia is our song!” I love this, and if I see you in this Easter Week, this Octave of Easter Sundays, you are welcome to greet me in this way. The reason I need to be reminded that we are an Easter people is that I too often reduce the Easter life we are offered to ideas and categories, words and formulas, customary ways of thinking and acting.
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).
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.
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.
