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A 13 minute listen – if you prefer to read the written text of my reflection it is available at this link.
Literature has to do, in one way or another, with our deepest desires in this life, for on a profound level literature engages our concrete existence, with its innate tensions, desires and meaningful experiences.
Read the full text of Pope Francis’ letter this week on Literature in Formation at this link.
Join Kath Petrie & Colin MacLeod in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Feast of the Ascension.
Read the scriptures for this feast at this link.
Kath mentioned Gerard Manley Hopkins great poem God’s Grandeur. Listen at this link.
John quotes Pope Benedict’s reflection for the Feast of the Ascension. You can find it at this link.
Read the scriptures for Friday, the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, at this link.
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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.
Read the scriptures for Friday of Week Thirty-Three in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Thursday of Week Twenty One in Ordinary Time at this link.
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.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday Week 10 in Ordinary Time at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time at this link.
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