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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Three in Lent at this link.
Monday 9 March 2026
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Monday 2 March 2026
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Read the scriptures for Monday of Week Two in Lent at this link.
Wednesday 4 February 2026
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday of Week Four in Ordinary Time at this link.
Friday 29 September 2023
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Read the scriptures for Friday, the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, at this link.
Tikkun Olam – Repairing the World
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Join Hafsa Ahmed, Paul Blaschke & Mary Eastham in conversation with John O’Connor, reflecting on the common ground of our three faith traditions, Islam, Judaism & Christianity.
Dr. Hafsa Ahmed was born in Hyderabad, India and came to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2007. She is the co-founder and trustee of Lady Khadija Charitable Trust which operates with the motto of “Empowering communities through compassion”.
Dr. Paul Blaschke is an active member and past Board Chair of Temple Sinai in Wellington. He’s trying to retire from his career as an independent environmental consultant, but keeps active in voluntary environmental restoration work, and especially in Jewish and Interfaith environmental activism.
Dr. Mary Eastham QSM, (awarded 2023 for services to Interfaith communities) from St. Brigid’s Catholic parish Palmerston North, a member of the Religious Diversity Centre Climate Action Work Group, and appointed a Fellow of the Association of Practical Theology in Oceania (APTO) in 2021.
Your comments below are appreciated and will provide the agenda for future conversations and podcasts.
NLO – Merv & John interview
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Merv, this is a first-draft edit. – what do you think?
Friday 18 November 2022
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Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Thirty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
Thursday 25 August 2022
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Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty One in Ordinary Time at this link.
Tuesday 2 August 2022
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Apologies for the corrupted file over recent days and thank you to those who let me know. Not sure how you could pray with that mixing and matching of the scriptures. All sorted now.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday Week Eighteen in Ordinary Time at this link.
NLO
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Catherine this is just for you to have a listen and to see what you think. (I have hidden it on the FFF website) Let me know – then let me know the best way for you to put it on the NLO website. Can you cut and paste it on NLO website – note nothing from FFF should feature. I can send it to you in dropbox thinking that might be better. Also any edits are still easily possible – except for one little blip which I cant get rid of…..Won’t tell you what it is to see if you notice it.
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As a child I picked up the idea that it was best to be hesitant to ask for things. Instead, giving was the seen as the ideal, and being able to anticipate the needs of others (without them asking) and to respond appropriately was seen as an ultimate virtue.
something greater
Too often we fall into the trap of trying to be Christian in a pre-Christian kind of way. As I write I’m remembering the old song titled “Old-Time Religion”, a catchy tune with unfortunate lyrics:
“Give me that old-time religion
Give me that old-time religion
Give me that old-time religion
It’s good enough for me”
our & father
Well we’re almost a week into Lent. Think back to the gospel for Ash Wednesday: the good deeds we do for Lent are not to be paraded before others. If we do this we have had our reward since others know the good we have been doing.
the measure
In recent years I have been invited to lead sessions for the parents of children preparing for First Communion local parishes. I love working with these parents. Many have had little contact with Sunday worship for a decade or two or more. Yet their growing faith leads them to ask for a Sacrament of the Church. While our (church) response is always well-intentioned it’s usually pretty unhelpful when it focusses on Mass attendance and parish activity as the ultimate and immediate measure of faith.
airport musing
I’m writing this reflection at Wellington airport after a day with an inspiring group, reflecting together on Pope Francis’ liturgy letter Desiderio Desideravi published in June of last year. It’s my role with the National Liturgy Office that leads me, along with the NLO co-director Catherine Gibbs, to offer these formation sessions across the country.