Food for Faith

If you are seeking maturity in faith, you might find these reflections helpful. Talks, lectures, retreats, and other reflections from Fr John O’Connor.

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Sickness or Health

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Sickness or Health

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Jesus understood that sometimes even painful and harmful realities can become attachments for us, burdens that we hold onto.

Guy Consolmagno SJ – Afternoon interview with students

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Guy Consolmagno SJ - Afternoon interview with students

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The second of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This conversation was held at the Piano Performing Arts Centre in the city in May 2019.

Guy Consolmagno SJ – Evening Gathering

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Guy Consolmagno SJ - Evening Gathering

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The third of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This evening conversation was held at the Piano Performing Arts Centre in the city in May 2019.

Guy Consolmagno SJ – Business Lunch in Christchurch

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Guy Consolmagno SJ - Business Lunch in Christchurch

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The first of three Christchurch interviews with Br. Guy Consolmagno, the Vatican astronomer on his visit to Christchurch. This conversation is at the Business Lunch in May 2019.

a room alone

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a room alone

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“All of humanity’s problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone”

Good Friday & Covid

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Good Friday & Covid

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In marking Good Friday we cannot help but face our own fears, and in the current pandemic it is fear we face.

breaking & entering

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breaking & entering

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Here’s a thought for the feast of the Annunciation, we could say the moment of the birth of our Christian faith with the incarnation of Jesus at His conception.