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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Sixteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Wednesday 24 July 2024
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Tuesday 23 July 2024
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Read the scriptures for Tuesday of Week Sixteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Monday 22 July 2024
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Read the scriptures for the Feast of Mary Magdalen at this link.
Sunday 21 July 2024
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Read the scriptures for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time at this link.
Saturday 20 July 2024
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Read the scriptures for Saturday of Week Fifteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Friday 19 July 2024
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Fifteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Homily Studio – Sunday. 21 July 2024
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Join Victoria Raw, Jelvine Cortez & John Kleinsman reflecting on the scriptures for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Read this Sunday’s scriptures at this link.
John finished with the prayer known as St. Patrick’s Breastplate. You can find it at this link.
Thursday 18 July 2024
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Fifteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Wednesday 17 July 2024
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Fifteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
Sabbatical Update 15 July 2024
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Join Triona Doocey and John O’Connor in conversation giving an update on John’s Sabbatical.
In this 30 minute podcast you’ll hear about progress on the Fifth Gospel Project, with insights into John’s two months in the USA, his current time in Assisi Italy living in a Franciscan community, and his upcoming visit to the north of Italy.
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maturation
“God never permits anything to happen unless it is for our maturity”. (Luigi Giussani)
The gospel reading assigned to today’s feast of the birth of John the Baptist concludes with an often overlooked fact.: through his toddler and teenage years John the Baptist grew and his spirit matured.
the fixed gaze
Most of my recent weekends have been spent with groups of people on weekend retreats and the most recent of these was last weekend at the Trappistine Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Matutum near General Santos in the southern part of the Philippines.
desire for life
“Here is the man: a desire for life, for love, for happiness”.
The title says it all and nothing is more adequate than “all” for any person including the thousands who overflowed the magnificent Cathedral of Milan for Wednesday’s funeral of Sergio Berlusconi, a man who dominated the Italian political scene for three decades.
every which way
A good number of Food For Faith readers have discovered one of the more recent FFF initiatives, the weekly Homily Studio.
The recording of this half-hour podcast is one of the highlights of my week.
in the room
Today’s reflection marks the end of the FFF Lent-to-Easter daily email posts. Thank you for your company on this journey. While these daily posts (for those who have signed up for the Lent / Advent reflections at this link) will take a break until Advent, those who have signed up to receive every post or regular posts at this link. You might take a moment now to visit this page now to check your email preferences.
During retreat this week I found myself pondering just how difficult it is to accept that God, in Jesus, is really with me today.