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Read the scriptures for the feast of Therese of the Child Jesus at this link.
Tuesday 1 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
Sunday 29 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for Sunday of Week Twenty-Six in Ordinary Time at this link.
Friday 27 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for Friday, the Feast of Vincent de Paul, at this link.
Homily Studio – Sunday 29 September 2024
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Join Margaret Bearsley, Jenny Dawson and Kath Petrie in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.
John mentioned the clip from Casey Cole OFM. If you’re interested you can listen at this link.
Tuesday 25 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Twenty-Five in Ordinary Time at this link.
Monday 23 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Five in Ordinary Time at this link.
Sunday 22 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for Sunday of Week Twenty-Five in Ordinary Time at this link.
Homily Studio – Sunday 22 September 2024
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Join David Moxon, Cushla O’Connor and John Kinder in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read the scriptures for this Twenty-Fifth Sunday at this link.
David refers to the Book of Wisdom as a “Deuterocanonical” book. More info at this link.
Monday 16 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Twenty-Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Sorry about the sound of passing cars in today’s recording – which I had to do on a roadside!
Sunday 15 September 2024
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Read the scriptures for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Latest Blog Posts
my word your home
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.
stand up look up
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
confident in God
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.
the real centre
Over the last month I have had the opportunity to work with many people across Aotearoa and further afield. In every retreat and seminar I have been with committed and faith-filled people who often feel as though they are on the periphery of the Church
to dream
The pics I use on these daily posts are sometimes snapped by me, and often borrowed from free-use websites. I thought it might be interesting to move towards using only my own snaps, and then only those taken in the past 24 hours. We’ll see how I go.
I took the pic above yesterday morning on an early walk.