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 28 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Thursday 28 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper at this link.

Wednesday 27 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Wednesday 27 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Holy Week at this link.

Sunday 24 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sunday 24 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for Palm Sunday at this link.

Thursday 21 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Thursday 21 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Five in Lent at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 24 March 2024

Homily Studio
Homily Studio
Homily Studio - Sunday 24 March 2024
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Join Hannah van Schie, Rory Paterson & Kate Kearins in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scripture readings for Palm Sunday.

Read these scriptures at this link

John mentioned Tomáš Halik’s new book The Afternoon of Christianity. Find the book at this link (available for Kindle and hardcopy).

Also James O’Shea’s new book The Religion of the Day.  O’Shea’s earlier book, also well worth reading, is From Christendom to Apostolic Mission.

Wednesday 20 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Wednesday 20 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Five in Lent at this link.

Tuesday 19 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Tuesday 19 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Five in Lent at this link.

Sunday 17 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Sunday 17 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for the Fifth Sunday in Lent at this link.

Homily Studio – Sunday 17 March 2024

Homily Studio
Homily Studio
Homily Studio - Sunday 17 March 2024
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Well done to Lucienne Hensel and Chris Duthie-Jung – trying to be in conversation with John O’Connor – who kept cutting out then vanished completely – reflecting on the scriptures for the Fifth Sunday in Lent.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

Thursday 14 March 2024

Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina
Thursday 14 March 2024
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Four in Lent at this link.

Monthly Archives

Latest Blog Posts

planks & splinters

planks & splinters

We forget that when we point the finger at another, there are three fingers less visibly pointing to ourselves.

The natural response to such an overwhelming divine love is a personal conscious and active participation in the life of God.

Trinity

Trinity

You might find this brief video clip helpful as we celebrate Trinity Sunday today.

solidarity

solidarity

They labelled us “Solidarity” after the Polish trade-union movement. We liked the name and it stuck.

just practicing

just practicing

A homily for Good Shepherd Sunday 2022, from Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Timaru.