Ministry Monday #271: Hearing the Word: A Rorschach in Time (with Roc O'Connor, SJ)

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Fr. Roc O'Connor about the Word of God and its impact on individuals' relationships with God.

Ministry Monday is back with new episodes, new topics, and a new video intro and outro! If you haven’t seen our podcast in its video form, check it out. The links are in the show notes of this episode at ministrymonday.org and at our YouTube page, youtube.com/npmlivestream. It’s been a true joy to take a few weeks off of the podcast to gather these new conversations for upcoming episodes. I think you’re going to like it. I’d also like to thank those who reached out asking why we hadn’t returned yet from our Christmas break! It shows that you listen and enjoy the podcast, which is great news to us. We hope you keep listening this spring. Today we begin season 9 of the podcast. Our season begins with a conversation with Fr. Roc O’Connor, a Jesuit priest and founding member of the St. Louis Jesuits. Since October 2021, he has served as a staff member at the Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House in Barrington, Illinois. Our conversation today centers around the Word of God. Fr. Roc’s initial reflections to start our interview best reflect where we begin: "The Word is spoken. It can elicit feelings from attraction to aversion. These locate adults in relation to God, to Christ in the moment…

People in this episode

Guest: Roc O'Connor, SJ

Topics covered

• Word of God
• spirituality
• Christianity
• Jesuit teachings
• podcast updates

Keywords

• Ministry Monday
• Roc O'Connor
• Word of God
• spirituality
• Christianity
• Jesuit
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Association of Pastoral Musicians

Places: Barrington, Illinois, St. Louis Jesuits

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