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Homily Studio - Sunday 9 November 2025

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kTdyXn61oq"><a href="https://foodforfaith.org.nz/podcast/homily-studio-sunday-9-november-2025/">Homily Studio &#8211; Sunday 9 November 2025</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://foodforfaith.org.nz/podcast/homily-studio-sunday-9-november-2025/embed/#?secret=kTdyXn61oq" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;Homily Studio &#8211; Sunday 9 November 2025&#8221; &#8212; food for faith" data-secret="kTdyXn61oq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://foodforfaith.org.nz/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Join Jane Maisey, Catherine Gibbs & John Kinder in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for this Sunday’s Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

Read the scriptures for this feast at this link.

Jane has forwarded these links to her work (referred to by John in today’s HS). Here is the link to the bible windows poster:  https://www.designjane.com/bible-windows-poster Also some other stained glass projects: https://www.designjane.com/stained-glass And how it looks printed and applied to glass: https://www.designjane.com/post/library-windows-books-of-the-bible You can also print direct to glass now too.

Here is the link to the Church Building Document of Bishop Barry Jones: God’s Dwelling Place at this link.

And if you’re a Parish Secretary looking for a gap-filler for this week’s parish newsletter you can’t do better than a 1500 year-old reflection from Caesarius of Arles in today’s Office of Readings at this link. Scroll down for the reading.

And lastly the recently restored St. Joseph’s in Temuka at this link.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 2 November 2025

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Join Cushla O’Connor, Margaret Bearsley and Martin de Jong in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on this Sunday’s Feast of All Souls.

Read the scriptures for this Feast at this link.

Margaret mentions a couple of books: Josef Ratzinger’s Eschatology at this link and Walter Ciszek’s He Leadeth Me at this link.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 26 October 2025

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Join Jelvine Cortez, Susan Apathy & Chris Duthie-Jung in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures readings for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

Attached again Pope Leo’s first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You) at this link.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 19 October 2025

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Join Kate Kearins, Jim McAloon & John Kinder in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read these scriptures at this link.

Resources for Mission Sunday at this link.

Pope Leo’s Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te at this link.

Apologies for a technical glitch last week which resulted in some Homily Studio subscribers not receiving last week’s conversation.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 5 October 2025

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Join Kath Petrie, Alex Chia & Catherine Gibbs in conversation with John O’Connor, reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

Kath referred to the Steve Earle song lyrics which can be found at lyricsondemand.com

Alex referred to the Catechism section on Faith which you can access here.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 28 September 2025

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Join Jelvine Cortez, Cushla O’Connor & Jane Maisey in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 21 September 2025

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Join Kate Kearins, Margaret Bearsley and Rosalie Connors in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read this scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

Margaret mentioned the virtue of Prudence and suggests this Robert Barron reflection – at this link. and the Hillbilly Thomists Amos song at this link.

…and also refers to Brant Petre’s Catholic Productions at this link.

Kate reminds us of Pope Francis’ Five Finger Prayer at this link.

And the reference to the Triple Bottom Line which you can find at this link.

John mentions the Franciscans involvement with the business world. More at this link.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 14 September 2025

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Join Jim McAloon, Kate Kearins and Chris Duthie-Jung in conversation with John O’Connor reflecting on the scriptures for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sunday 14 September.

Read the scriptures for this Feast at this link.

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Homily Studio - Sunday 7 September 2025

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Join John Kleinsman,  Martin De Jong, Lucienne Hensel & Alex Chia in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Support Life Sunday.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

The opening prayer from Mary Oliver is from her book Devotions: Devotions, MaryOliver – Shop Online for Books in New Zealand

The quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on cheap grace I read out came from the following piece available online: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/costlyGrace.pdf

The resources from CARITAS for Social Justice Week can be accessed here: https://www.caritas.org.nz/parishes/social-justice-week

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Homily Studio - Sunday 31 August 2025

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Join Kath Petrie, Rory Paterson, Bernadette Patalesio & Jelvine Cortez in conversation reflecting on the scriptures for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Read the scriptures for this Sunday at this link.

Jelvine mentioned Fulton Sheen’s A Way to Happiness which you can find at this link.