Read the scriptures for the feast of Teresa of Avila at this link.
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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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Read the scriptures for the feast of Teresa of Avila at this link.
Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
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 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.
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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.
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.
The heart of the home in years past was the hearth.
It was at the hearth that the family gathered for the warmth and light of the flame and the food that was prepared there.
The fire was treated with respect since the same flame which provided energy for the home could just as easily destroy it.
The Israelites in their forty years in the desert were journeying from captivity to freedom, but the struggle of their desert years made them vulnerable to attack from every temptation as today’s first reading continues
I’m not sure if children today are told the great story of the Emperor’s New Clothes, but if not let’s make sure that the parable is taught at all schools of higher learning.